Samruddhi Expressway: MSRDC To Increase Toll Charges Between Mumbai-Nagpur From April 1 | Check Revised Rates

Samruddhi Expressway: The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) will start collecting more toll on the Hindu Hrudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Expressway, connecting Mumbai and Nagpur, from April 1. Driving on Samruddhi Expressway will become dearer by up to 20 per cent.

Samruddhi Expressway Current Toll Rates

Currently, the per km toll rate stands at Rs 1.73 for light motor vehicles, Rs 2.79 for light motor commercial vehicles, Rs 5.85 for heavy vehicles having 2 axles, Rs 6.38 for heavy vehicles with 3 axles, Rs 9.18 for heavy construction machinery, and Rs 11.17 for oversized vehicles having seven or more axles.

Samruddhi Expressway Revised Rates Toll Rates

As per the revised per km toll chart, Rs 2.06 will be levied on light motor vehicles, Rs 3.32 on light motor commercial vehicles, Rs 6.97 on heavy vehicles having two axles, Rs 7.60 on heavy vehicles with 3 axles, Rs 10.93 on heavy construction machinery, and Rs 13.30 on oversized vehicles having seven or more axles, as per a Times of India report.

PM Modi inaugurated the first 520-km stretch between Nagpur and Shirdi in 2022. In May 2023, then Chief Minister Eknath Shinde inaugurated the 105-km section from Shirdi to Bharvir. Without any political event, another 25 km (between Bharvir and Igatpuri) was opened for motorists on March 4, 2024, leaving only the last 76 km up to Amane near Bhiwandi to be opened.

At Amane, the expressway connects with the under-construction Mumbai-Vadodara Expressway, which links Jawaharlal Nehru Port at one end and Gujarat on the other.

First announced in November 2015, the construction of this greenfield expressway commenced in February 2019. The construction was split into 16 packages. Toll will be collected for a tenure of 40 years.