NHAI starts charging toll for Jaipur Bandikui linkway
According to NHAI officials, vehicles now have to pay only around Rs 70 more than it used to cost to travel between Delhi and Jaipur via Dausa (Agra Road).
However, the new linkway reduces the travel time by at least 45 minutes.
"What's more important is that the new linkway is resulting in better fuel efficiency compared to driving on the Agra Road due to consistent speed. The linkway helps to increase the mileage of a petrol car by at least 5 km/litre," said Avishek Goenka, an entrepreneur who recently took this linkway to travel to and from Delhi.
Motorists claimed that even the increased cost on toll for using the linkway is negligible. For a small vehicle, you need to pay around Rs 150 more to travel between Bagrana and Khalipur toll plaza than via Dausa. But, since motorists are saving the toll charges of Rs 80 at Rajadhok toll plaza on Agra Road, technically the toll charge would increase only by around Rs 70.
"The most important is the time factor. Now, from Bagrana, you can reach any terminal of the Delhi airport within two and a half hours.
It may take some time to reach the central business districts of New Delhi owing to congestion," said Amit Brahmbhatt, a cab driver.
En route, the linkway would have four other interchanges with entry and exit connectivity at Bhedoli, Khurikurd, Sundarpura, and Geela ki Nangal villages. "What's more important is that you need to pay toll only once if you enter the linkway from the Ring Road or make an exit towards the Ring Road from this linkway. We have synchronised the toll process of both the linkway and the Ring Road with the Delhi Mumbai Expressway," said an NHAI official.
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