NHAI loses Rs 500 crore in toll in Punjab, Haryana

NEW DELHI: The NHAI has suffered a loss of approximately Rs 500 crore in toll collections in Punjab and Haryana due to the farmers’ protests. Sources said while toll collection has stopped completely across all the plazas on national highways in Punjab since October 5, there is very little collection across Haryana since December 25.
As per NHAI officials, the daily toll revenue from all plazas in Punjab is around Rs 3.1 crore and in Haryana it is close to Rs 4.2 crore.“We have no option but to stop toll collections. The revenue loss has direct impact on our performance and future projects. The traffic on Delhi-Jaipur stretch has also reduced drastically because of the protests and vehicles are taking long detour to avoid the NH fearing blockade,” said an official.