Following the lockdown, the Ministry of Road Transportation and Highways (MoRTH) has suspended collection of tolls on all national highways for the 21-day period.
The constrained vehicular movement in the run up to the lockdown will also push the toll collections into the negative territory for FY20.
Already, the performance of toll road projects remained sub-par during the nine months ended FY20 owing to the dual impact of revision in axle load norms and the general slowdown in the economy, which resulted in muted growth in toll collections in the 1-2 per cent range.
Overall, the annual toll collections for FY20 are expected to see a 2-3 per cent decline.
