NHAI quietly hikes toll on Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway by 22%

The National Highways Authority of India (NHA) has quietly hiked the toll charges for a section of the Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway by as much as 22 per cent.

The hike was to come into effect from April 1 but was deferred following strong public criticism. It was announced just 17 days after the NHAI started tolling the 56.63-km Bengaluru-Mysuru section of the 119-km expressway. Wary of voter backlash ahead of the Assembly elections, the erstwhile BJP government decided to hold the hike.