NHAI slashes toll fee in Sriperumbudur stretch of Bengaluru bypass

CHENNAI: Nearly seven years after it started collecting six-lane toll rates from motorists on the four-lane Sriperumbudur-Walajahapet stretch of the Chennai-Bengaluru bypass, the NHAI has slashed the user fee marginally. However, motorists won’t have any significant relief as the revised toll rates for 2020-21, which came into effect from April 1, will overshadow the effect.

Since Monday, the motorists travelling on the stretch through Nemili (Sriperumbudur) and Chennasamudram (Walajahpet) toll gates are being charged only 75 per cent of the rates on six-lane road, resulting in reduction of fees ranging from Rs 5 to Rs 35, depending on the vehicle.

“The four-lane stretch will be charged only 75 per cent of the six-lane fee in compliance with the provisions of National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008 until road up-gradation works are take up,” said an official order issued by the NHAI.