These 10 highway toll plazas in 7 states have collected Rs 13,989 crore in user fees in 5 years; how many can you guess correctly?
Maximum User Fee-Collecting Toll Plaza List: Can you guess which National Highway toll stop collects the highest amount of user fees in India? Hint: It's in Gujarat. Top three user fee-collecting toll plazas have collected a sum of Rs 5,467 crore in five years, according official data. Can you at least guess the other states?
Maximum User Fee-Collecting Toll Plaza List: Did you know that only half of the 20 top user fee-collecting toll plazas in India account for Rs 13,988.5 crore in toll collections in five years? Yes. As per official data provided by the Road Transport and Highways Ministry in the Rajya Sabha, the 10 toll stops - two located each in Gujarat, UP, and Rajasthan, and one each in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, and Haryana - collected a sum of Rs 3,316.6 crore in FY24 alone.
Here are the 10 toll plazas:
Please note: All images representational
10. Sasaram Toll Plaza in Bihar
Top User Fee-Collecting NH Toll Plazas in India | At the 10th position is the Sasaram toll plaza in Bihar located on the Varanasi-Aurangabad stretch of National Highway 2.
The Sasaram toll stop accounted for collections of Rs 1,071.4 during the five-year period, with Rs 237.6 crore collected in FY23 and Rs 238 crore the year before, according to the data.
9. Nawabganj Toll Plaza in UP
Top User Fee-Collecting National Highway Toll Plazas in India | At the ninth spot is the Nawabganj toll plaza with five-year collections of Rs 1,096.9 crore in five years.
The toll stop is on the Kanpur-Ayodhaya stretch of National Highway 25 in Uttar Pradesh.
8. Krishnagiri Thopur Toll Plaza, TN
Top User Fee-Collecting National Highway Toll Plazas in India | The next toll plaza on the list is in Krishnagiri Thopur, connecting the 154-long stretch of NH44, between Krishnagiri and Thumbipadi, in Tami Nadu.
7. Thikariya/Jaipur Toll Plaza in Rajasthan
Top User Fee-Collecting National Highway Toll Plazas in India | The Thikariya/Jaipur toll plaza in Rajasthan - connecting Jaipur with Kishangarh via NH8 - collected Rs 1,161.2 crore in five years.
6. Choryasi Toll Plaza, Gujarat
Top User Fee-Collecting National Highway Toll Plazas in India | This toll plaza - located on the 246-km-long stretch of National Highway 8 connecting Bharuch with Surat - collected Rs 1,272.6 crore during the five-year period, and Rs 354.9 crore in 2023-24.
5. Gharaunda (Karnal) Toll Plaza in Haryana
Top User Fee-Collecting National Highway Toll Plazas in India | Collections at this toll plaza were recorded at Rs 1,314.4 crore during the five-year period.
4. Barajore (Bara) Toll Plaza, UP
Top User Fee-Collecting National Highway Toll Plazas in India | This toll stop - on the Etawah-Chakeri stretch of NH19 - collected Rs 1,480.7 crore in five years.
3. Jaladhulagori (Dhulagarh) Toll Plaza in West Bengal
Top User Fee-Collecting National Highway Toll Plazas in India | The Jaladhulagori (Dhulagarh) plaza, located on the 35-km stretch on National Highway 16 connecting Dhankuni and Kharagpur, collected Rs 1,538.9 crore in five years and Rs 364.2 crore in FY24.
2. Shahjahanpur Toll Plaza in Rajasthan
Top User Fee-Collecting National Highway Toll Plazas in India | The Shahjahanpur user-fee plaza on the 115-km-long Gurugram-Kotputli-Jaipur stretch of NH8 collected Rs 1,884.5 crore in five years.
Out of that amount, collections of Rs 429.7 crore were recorded in the year 2023-24 itself.
1. Bharthana Toll Plaza in Gujarat
Top User Fee-Collecting National Highway Toll Plazas in India | At the numero uno spot is the Bharthana toll plaza.
Located in Bharthan Karjan on the 158-km-long Vadodara-Bharuch portion of NH48, this user-fee plaza accounted for collections of Rs 2,043.8 crore during the five-year period.
User-fee collections to the tune of Rs 472.7 crore were recorded at the plaza in FY24, and Rs 455.9 crore in the previous year.