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Bharthana, a Gujarat village has India’s top revenue earning toll plaza. Located on the Vadodara-Bharuch section of National Highway 48 (NH-48), this toll plaza has been consistently producing an annual revenue of around INR 400 crore for the last five years.
This huge revenue is fueled by the large number of goods carrying vehicles plying the congested Delhi-Mumbai corridor, which is an important trade route linking northern landlocked states to western seaports. After Bharthana, the Shahjahanpur toll plaza in Rajasthan also on NH-48 takes the second highest revenue, earning INR 378 crore per year.
How much do you propose to milk the common man @NHAI_Official @PMOIndia @nitin_gadkari
— Vishal Rajpal (@thevishalrajpal) March 24, 2025
Toll plaza at Gharaunda NH 1 has a capital cost of 4200 crs, annual rev of 1300cr, fees collected since 2009. How much profit due to want the construction co to make. Ab bas bhe kar do 🙏 pic.twitter.com/zfFQssghse
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Based on information provided by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, 14 out of 1,063 toll plazas in India recorded collections above INR 200 crore a year. FASTAG has gone a long way in reducing revenue leakages and making the process of collecting tolls efficient. National toll collection has come close to doubling from INR 27,504 crore in 2019-2020 to INR 55,882 crore in the previous financial year.
Even with the increasing revenue from tolls, it is still just a small part of the government’s highway development and maintenance expenditure. With 45,000 km of India’s 1.5 lakh km national highway network coming under tolling, officials are looking at further scaling up toll operations.
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Bharthana’s success in collecting tolls puts the economic significance of NH-48 under focus, reaffirming its position as a major transportation and logistics hub in India.
