Gunjan Pradhan Sinha NEW DELHI

LONG drives would be a taxing exercise soon. The government is planning to develop all future highways through build, operate and transfer (BOT) model that would necessarily have toll component. Private companies would be awarded road projects on BOT basis and they would charge a toll fee from commuters to recover their investments. About 50,000 km of roads are expected to be developed under various phases of the National Highway Development Programme (NHDP) including new expressways, rail-overbridges, canal bridges, roads and highways.