Nhai on toll scam: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has taken major action in the toll scam case. In which action has been taken against 14 agencies who illegally charge money at 42 toll plazas. Based on the report of the inquiry committee constituted by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, NHAI has imposed two years ban on the agencies responsible for violating the terms of the contract and has also seized the security amount of about Rs 100 crore. While it has been revealed that the government has been embezzled by Rs 120 crore.
Agency employees are incorrectly charging money
The toll scam case came to light when UP STF raided the Atrala Shiv Ghulam toll plaza in Mirzapur. It was alleged that illegal toll collection is going on at about 42 toll plazas in the country. In which the government was defrauded for crores of rupees. The agency employees were illegally charging money from un -fastaging or banned fastag vehicles at toll plazas.
In addition to filing a case against the agency in the entire case, notices were also issued to the agencies. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has also constituted a three -member inquiry committee to investigate the toll scam.
Two -year ban on agency
The government claims that no flaw has been found in the electronic toll collection (ETC) system in the report. It was discovered that 98 percent of the toll collection was from the ETC system. However, the agencies could not give satisfactory response to the notice, so NHAI took action and banned the responsible agencies for two years and also confiscated the deposit amount.
Now other new agencies have been asked to assign toll recovery at all these toll plazas. In addition, the Ministry has informed Parliament that it is also considering installing audit cameras using AI on the major toll plaza to collect accurate data.
The government also told Parliament that Rs 12.55 lakh was refunded in 2024 for incorrectly recovering tolls on national highways. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said, ‘In cases of wrong toll recovery, the agencies concerned have been fined more than Rs 2 crore. The National Payment Corporation of India reported wrong toll collection. A total of 410 crore fastag transactions were done, which is 0.03 percent of all fastag transactions.
