NHAI awards ₹77.60 crore Karnataka toll contracts: driver checks

NHAI has awarded Hazoor Multi Projects two letters of award for user-fee collection at three Karnataka fee plazas, with a combined disclosed contract value of ₹77.596 crore (₹77,59,60,800). The company’s 10 October 2026 filing says the contracts cover collection and upkeep of adjacent toilet blocks for one year. For drivers, the important limit is that this filing does not announce a new toll rate, a new FASTag rule or a date for a toll-price change.

Key takeaways

The primary filing dated 10 October 2026, corroborated by EquityBulls, Sahi and Capital Market reports published the same day, records the following:

Two letters of award dated 9 October 2026 cover three fee plazas in Karnataka.
The Kannoli and Harval package is valued at ₹49,49,40,000 for one year.
The Gaddurur (Nangli) package is valued at ₹28,10,20,800 for one year.
The combined ₹77,59,60,800 is a contract value for collection and maintenance work, not the amount a driver pays at a toll booth.

What NHAI awarded

According to the filing made by Hazoor Multi Projects to the BSE, the work was awarded through competitive e-tendering. The first letter covers Kannoli Fee Plaza at kilometre 241.100 and Harval Fee Plaza at kilometre 303.400 on the Bijapur–Gulbarga–Homnabad section of NH-218, also identified in the filing as New NH-50. The wider road section described in that package runs from kilometre 195.000 to kilometre 418.000.

The second letter covers Gaddurur, also called Nangli, Fee Plaza at kilometre 217.450 on the Mulbagilu-to-Andhra Pradesh/Karnataka-border section of NH-75, or Old NH-4. Its stated road stretch runs from kilometre 216.912 to kilometre 239.100. The two contracts also include upkeep and maintenance of adjacent toilet blocks and replenishment of consumables.

Contract details reported in the 10 October 2026 BSE filing and corroborating reports

Fee plaza	Road section	Disclosed scope and value
Kannoli and Harval	NH-218 (New NH-50), kilometre 195.000–418.000	User-fee collection and adjacent toilet upkeep; ₹49,49,40,000 for one year
Gaddurur (Nangli)	NH-75 (Old NH-4), kilometre 216.912–239.100	User-fee collection and adjacent toilet upkeep; ₹28,10,20,800 for one year

What changes for drivers now?

The contract value is not a toll hike

A ₹77.596-crore award can look like a large new road charge, but it is not a per-vehicle fee. It is the value of the collection and maintenance contracts disclosed by the company. Neither the BSE filing nor the independent reports on 10 October 2026 give a revised car, bus, truck or other vehicle-class toll tariff for these plazas.

That distinction matters when planning a trip. Drivers crossing one of the three plazas should use the current fee schedule for their vehicle class and travel date rather than divide the contract amount by an assumed number of trips. FuelPrice’s toll-charge calculator can be used for the toll component of a route, while the road-trip planner can help combine route, distance and travel-cost checks.

Collection and public-facility upkeep are the disclosed operational scope

The filing names user-fee collection, toilet-block upkeep and consumable replenishment. It does not promise a new lane layout, a different FASTag process, shorter queues or a revised exemption policy. Those are separate operational or policy questions and should not be inferred from the award value.

For regular users, the practical checks are straightforward: confirm that the toll transaction is reflected against the correct FASTag, retain the receipt if a transaction is disputed, and note the condition of the adjacent public facilities. The FASTag balance and recharge guide covers the account checks that matter before a highway trip.

Who is affected?

The direct audience is narrower than all Karnataka highway users. It includes private motorists, buses, goods vehicles and fleet operators whose routes pass through Kannoli, Harval or Gaddurur. The first package sits on the Bijapur–Gulbarga–Homnabad corridor, while the second is on the Mulbagilu-to-Andhra Pradesh/Karnataka-border corridor. A trip that uses a different fee plaza is not automatically affected by this award.

The contract may matter to transport operators because collection reliability and roadside facility upkeep are part of the service being assigned. But the published figures do not establish any saving, extra charge or travel-time reduction for a particular vehicle. Operators comparing trip costs should continue to use the applicable toll schedule, fuel price and vehicle category rather than the NHAI contract value.

What to watch next

The next useful update would be an official fee-plaza or NHAI notice about operational implementation, signage or any separate tariff, exemption or pass change. The current disclosure only sets out the award, the locations, the scope and a one-year contract period. If a toll amount changes, that needs its own dated notice or fee schedule; it cannot be treated as confirmed from this award alone.

Reader takeaway

If your route crosses Kannoli, Harval or Gaddurur, check the applicable toll for your vehicle class before departure and keep FASTag funding ready. Do not turn ₹77.596 crore into a trip estimate: the number describes NHAI’s contracted collection and maintenance work. The confirmed reader-facing angle today is a change in the agency assigned to operate and maintain services at three Karnataka plazas, not a reported toll-price revision.