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12.55 lakh refunds were made in 2024 for faulty toll collections on national highways.“>
Cracking down on irregularities in toll collection, state-owned NHAI has barred 14 toll collection agencies for irregular activities, following a probe after Uttar Pradesh STF unearthed a fraud, according to an official statement. NHAI has served show-cause notices to defaulting agencies.
Based on the FIR, 13 user fee-collecting agencies have also been debarred for a period of two years.
Besides, 12.55 lakh refunds were made in 2024 for faulty toll collections on National Highways, Parliament was informed on Thursday.
According to the statement, the 14 agencies debarred by NHAI include AK Construction, Alok Buildtech Pvt Ltd, Anil Kumar Shukla, Ashish Agarwal, Innovision Ltd, MB Construction, Maa Narmada Traders, RK Jain Infra Projects, SPC Infrastructure Pvt Ltd, T Suryanarayana Reddy, Vanshika Construction, Westwell Iron & Steel Pvt Ltd, Bhola Nath Rajpati Shukla and Shiva Buildtech Pvt Ltd.
More than Rs 2 crore have been levied so far on the user fee collecting agencies for incorrect user fee deduction cases.
Vehicles are sometimes charged toll fees even without travelling on a National Highway/Expressway when user fee-collecting agencies enter incorrect Vehicle Registration Number (VRN) in the system while manually creating VRN-based transactions. The double charging sometimes happens due to multiple readings by FASTag readers.
In order to ensure seamless operation of the toll plazas that were managed by debarred agencies, NHAI will intimate the defaulting agencies to hand over the toll plazas to a new agency that will be appointed by the authority. “,”next_sibling”:[{“msid”:119326415,”title”:”New Trump order to expand critical mineral production”,”entity_type”:”ARTICLE”,”link”:”/news/industry/new-trump-order-to-expand-critical-mineral-production/119326415″,”link_next_mobile”:”/news/industry/new-trump-order-to-expand-critical-mineral-production/119326415?next=1″,”category_name”:null,”category_name_seo”:”industry”}],”related_content”:[{“msid”:”119314895″,”title”:”NHAI debars 14 toll fee collection agencies for two years”,”entity_type”:”IMAGES”,”seopath”:”industry/transportation/roadways/nhai-bars-14-toll-collection-agencies-for-irregular-activities/nhai-debars-14-toll-fee-collection-agencies-for-two-years”,”category_name”:”NHAI bars 14 toll collection agencies for irregular activities”,”synopsis”:”NHAI is committed to follow the highest standards in highway operations and any lapses will be dealt with zero tolerance, it said.”,”thumb”:”https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/thumb/img-size-59964/119314895.cms?width=150&height=112″,”link”:”https://etimg.etb2bimg.com/photo/119314895.cms?/119314895″}],”seoschemas”:false,”social_share”:{“fb”:”/news/industry/nhai-bars-14-toll-collection-agencies-for-irregular-activities/119326961?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium={{DEVICE_TYPE}}”,”x”:”/news/industry/nhai-bars-14-toll-collection-agencies-for-irregular-activities/119326961?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium={{DEVICE_TYPE}}”,”whatsapp”:”/news/industry/nhai-bars-14-toll-collection-agencies-for-irregular-activities/119326961?utm_source=wapp&utm_medium={{DEVICE_TYPE}}”,”linkdin”:”/news/industry/nhai-bars-14-toll-collection-agencies-for-irregular-activities/119326961?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium={{DEVICE_TYPE}}”,”telegram”:”/news/industry/nhai-bars-14-toll-collection-agencies-for-irregular-activities/119326961?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium={{DEVICE_TYPE}}”,”copy”:”/news/industry/nhai-bars-14-toll-collection-agencies-for-irregular-activities/119326961?utm_source=copy&utm_medium={{DEVICE_TYPE}}”},”cat_msid”:25384693,”cat_sub_msid”:false,”msid”:119326961,”entity_type”:”ARTICLE”,”title”:”NHAI bars 14 toll collection agencies for irregular activities”,”synopsis”:”State-owned NHAI has barred 14 toll collection agencies for irregularities following a fraud probe by Uttar Pradesh STF. Show-cause notices were served, and over Rs 2 crore penalties were levied for incorrect user fee deductions.”,”titleseo”:”industry/nhai-bars-14-toll-collection-agencies-for-irregular-activities”,”status”:”ACTIVE”,”authors”:[],”Alttitle”:{“minfo”:””},”artag”:”PTI”,”artdate”:”2025-03-22 08:34:45″,”lastupd”:”2025-03-22 08:37:54″,”breadcrumbTags”:[“toll collection irregularities”,”NHAI toll collection agencies ban”,”National Highways refunds 2024″,”user fee collecting agencies”,”FASTag readers double charging”,”UP STF fraud investigation”,”toll plaza management”,”debarred toll agencies”,”NHAI”,”toll collection fraud”],”secinfo”:{“seolocation”:”industry/nhai-bars-14-toll-collection-agencies-for-irregular-activities”}}” data-authors=”[” data-author-list data-category-name=”Industry” data-category_id=”23″ data-cat_msid=”25384693″ data-date=”2025-03-22″ data-index=”article_1″ data-keywords=”toll collection irregularities, NHAI toll collection agencies ban, National Highways refunds 2024, user fee collecting agencies, FASTag readers double charging, UP STF fraud investigation, toll plaza management, debarred toll agencies, NHAI, toll collection fraud” data-type=”news”>
State-owned NHAI has barred 14 toll collection agencies for irregularities following a fraud probe by Uttar Pradesh STF. Show-cause notices were served, and over Rs 2 crore penalties were levied for incorrect user fee deductions.
- Updated On Mar 22, 2025 at 08:37 AM IST
12.55 lakh refunds were made in 2024 for faulty toll collections on national highways.“>
Cracking down on irregularities in toll collection, state-owned NHAI has barred 14 toll collection agencies for irregular activities, following a probe after Uttar Pradesh STF unearthed a fraud, according to an official statement. NHAI has served show-cause notices to defaulting agencies. Based on the FIR, 13 user fee-collecting agencies have also been debarred for a period of two years.
Besides, 12.55 lakh refunds were made in 2024 for faulty toll collections on National Highways, Parliament was informed on Thursday.
According to the statement, the 14 agencies debarred by NHAI include AK Construction, Alok Buildtech Pvt Ltd, Anil Kumar Shukla, Ashish Agarwal, Innovision Ltd, MB Construction, Maa Narmada Traders, RK Jain Infra Projects, SPC Infrastructure Pvt Ltd, T Suryanarayana Reddy, Vanshika Construction, Westwell Iron & Steel Pvt Ltd, Bhola Nath Rajpati Shukla and Shiva Buildtech Pvt Ltd. More than Rs 2 crore have been levied so far on the user fee collecting agencies for incorrect user fee deduction cases.
Vehicles are sometimes charged toll fees even without travelling on a National Highway/Expressway when user fee-collecting agencies enter incorrect Vehicle Registration Number (VRN) in the system while manually creating VRN-based transactions. The double charging sometimes happens due to multiple readings by FASTag readers.
In order to ensure seamless operation of the toll plazas that were managed by debarred agencies, NHAI will intimate the defaulting agencies to hand over the toll plazas to a new agency that will be appointed by the authority.
- Published On Mar 22, 2025 at 08:34 AM IST
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