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India highway tolling upgrades and infrastructure projects

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India highway toll hikes and tolling upgrades and infrastructure projects

In late May 2026 2026, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) issued tenders for extensive highway projects across several states. Early June states, including Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Bihar, Assam, and Himachal Pradesh. By early June, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved multi‑billion‑rupee multi-billion-rupee upgrades in Bihar, Odisha Odisha, and Telangana, introducing four‑lane standards, greenfield bypasses four-lane standards and hybrid‑annuity hybrid-annuity financing. By mid‑June In mid-June, NHAI announced signal‑free signal-free corridors around Delhi, Delhi and introduced technology-driven guidelines for mechanised highway maintenance to improve storm-water management and a bridge‑design pothole repair. NHAI also launched an IIT-backed bridge design review programme, while expanding monsoon‑season programme to ensure structural quality and expanded monsoon-season safety monitoring in Himachal Pradesh. In early July it July, the agency rolled out a Multi‑Lane Multi-Lane Free Flow, barrier‑free Flow (MLFF), barrier-free tolling system on NH‑48, but the Delhi-Jaipur stretch of NH-48, using ANPR and FASTag technology. However, a viral video of potholes on the Delhi‑Dehradun Delhi-Dehradun Expressway led to senior‑official senior-official suspensions and emergency works. Subsequent toll adjustments occurred throughout July, including hikes in July raised charges at over 50 plazas in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan Rajasthan, and the Vadodara‑Bharuch stretch of Karnataka, as well as a 5% rise on the Delhi‑Mumbai Expressway, citing inflation and Vadodara-Bharuch segment. To mitigate costs, NHAI issued revised directives under the amended National Highways Highway Fee Rules. On 20 July 2026 Rules on 25 July, which could reduce tolls by up to 40% by using more favorable calculation formulas for infrastructure like bridges and tunnels. To support local commuters, NHAI launched a digital Local Toll Pass via the RajmargYatra app, starting app. Initially piloted at the Mundka‑Bakkarwala plaza and Mundka-Bakkarwala plaza, the program was expanded by 21 August 2026 to 121 toll plazas, offering month‑long unlimited travel for residents within 20 km of a toll plaza. The pilot includes a “MARG Mitra” help centre for FASTag support. Further adjustments followed, including a 5 % rise on the Vadodara‑Bharuch segment on 21 July and new hikes on three Karnataka corridors on 23 July, with detailed rates such as a ₹105 one‑way charge on the Bengaluru‑Nelamangala highway and a 50 % discount monthly pass for return trips within 24 hours. On 25 July 2026 NHAI issued revised toll‑calculation directives under the amended National Highway Fee Rules. On 1 August 2026 NHAI equipped the Delhi‑Jaipur stretch of NH‑48 with non-commercial vehicles at a Multi‑Lane Free Flow system, completing the barrier‑free upgrade fixed cost of the Manesar‑Jaipur corridor’s three toll plazas (Daulatpura, Manoharpura and Shahjahanpur). ₹350.

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  1. 2026-08-21 19:33 UTC India highway tolling upgrades and infrastructure projects
  2. 2026-08-01 14:25 UTC India highway toll hikes and tolling upgrades
  3. 2026-07-27 04:05 UTC India highway toll hikes and fee overhaul

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