Madhya Pradesh's PWD Aims to Boost Toll Income with New Roads

Also Read - Madhya Pradesh: CM Mohan Yadav's gift to prisoners on Janmashtami, 1 month relaxation in punishment for eligible prisoners Also Read - ED's big action in MP: Officials associated with PWD say National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) toll income in the state is about Rs 4 thousand crore annually. Compared to this, the toll income of PWD and MPRDC is about Rs 400 crore annually. In view of this difference, the department wants to increase the income from toll to Rs 2 thousand to 3 thousand crore annually in the next 10 to 15 years. For this, emphasis is being laid on the construction of new roads on a toll-based model. According to PWD officials, new toll-based roads will increase the department's income. This will increase the department's contribution to the state revenue along with investment in the road sector. Also Read - ED's big action in MP: Former minister's relative arrested, allegations of multi-crore fraud in the government scheme Now PWD has come up with a Hybrid Tolling Model, i.e.e.