Nitin Gadkari announces toll waiver on Pune-Satara highway, NHAI says toll will continue to be levied

Two days after Union Road and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari announced that toll collection on the Pune-Satara highway will be “terminated”, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) said toll collection will continue. NHAI also said it will take over the job of toll collection on the highway from Reliance Infra.

On Friday, Gadkari, who was in Pune, said, “We have terminated toll collection on Pune-Satara highway…”, adding that his ministry has planned a “green highway” on the Pune-Bengaluru highway. “..this will help reduce traffic congestion.”

Sanket Bhondve, personal secretary to Gadkari, said, “The Minister did say that toll on the Pune-Satara highway will be scrapped. But it will not be done in the immediate future. As of now, toll will continue.”