Nallur toll plaza on the Chennai–Kolkata highway to be shifted to Durainallur

The Nallur toll plaza on the Chennai–Kolkata National Highway (NH-16) will be shifted to Durainallur, The Hindu reported on 7 November. The report did not give a date for the move.

The plaza stands near Nallur village in Tiruvallur district, about 21 km from the start of the Chennai–Tada section of the highway. The Union government revised the tolling arrangement for this stretch through a gazette notification in March 2026, and the National Highways Authority of India has separately proposed handing a 10-km stretch closer to the city, from Madhavaram to Padiyanallur, over to the State government as a toll-free road.

For regular users, the location of a plaza decides who pays. Under the national highway fee rules, residents living close to a plaza can buy a discounted monthly pass, so a shift changes which villages and suburbs benefit.