NEW DELHI: Nearly Rs 2,500 crore has been collected as toll charge from vehicles plying on Gurgaon-Jaipur NH stretch in the last four years, Union highway minister Nitin Gadkari told Rajya Sabha on Monday.In a detailed written reply to a question from Congress MP Motilal Vora , Gadkari said the toll charges are collected at three plazas on this stretch. According to the details, while Rs 569 crore was collected as toll in 2016-17 and Rs 666 crore in 2017-18 which increased to Rs 708 crore during 2019-20. This year till February Rs 555 crore was collected as toll.Sources said this being a revenue-share project the NHAI now pockets 62% of the total toll collected during the entire financial year. The NHAI’s revenue share has increased from 50% since the beginning of the project. “Every year the NHAI share increases by 1%. So, by the time the contract ends in 2023 the NHAI’s revenue share will touch 65%,” said a source.In response to another questions whether NHAI has the responsibility to provide emergency or medical help to road accident victims, particularly at toll plaza premises, Gadkari has said, “The emergency/medical facilities for the road accident victims are provided as per provisions of concession agreement. Generally, as a part of incident management, ambulances are stationed near the fee plazas to cater to any emergency within its respective service area of the NHs.”While responding to yet another question whether the government would consider levying one time charge when vehicles were registered and remove toll barriers, the minister said that the government has focused on electronic toll collection through Fastag. “Currently 73% transactions are being handled by FASTag, electronic toll collection, and the plan is to have 98% cent transactions through FASTag within the next one month to ensure seamless traffic,” Gadkari said.