More relief to the Punjabis from the loot of toll plazas!

Toll plazas of Raqba and Mehal Kalan on Ludhiana-Barnala state highway will cease operating from April 2nd at : Bhagwant Mann

CM Mann rejects the request of a private company to increase time of two toll plazas, company was asking for extra 448 days

Won’t allow anyone to loot the people of Punjab, we are not here to give benefits to the capitalists, our priority is the general public, asserted Mann

Chandigarh, March 30(Prashant Sharma) :

Sticking to his commitment to not let anyone loot the people of Punjab, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, on Saturday, announced that two toll plazas on Ludhiana-Barnala state highway will be closed on April 2nd at 12PM as their concession period is expiring.

The Dhaka-Halwara-Raikot-Barnala State Highway (SH-13) is a road with a length of 57.94 km, located in the Ludhiana district. To upgrade this road, the Punjab government approved the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) scheme in 2007. Rohan Rajdeep Tollways Limited commenced operations under this scheme. According to the agreement, the concession period for this project was 17 years. As per the terms of the agreement, the concession period for this project expires on 02.04.2024, and at 12 PM that day Toll Palaza Raqba (Near Mullanpur Distt. Ludhiana) and Toll Palaza Mehal Kalan (Near Barnala) will cease their operations. After this, no tolls will be collected on this road from the general public, and maintenance will be the responsibility of the Punjab government.

Informing about the same through his X account, CM Mann said that the company, referring to the Covid period and Farmers agitation, requested to increase the time of their toll operations for 448 days but the Punjab government rejected that request. So both the toll plaza will cease their operations and will no longer collect any toll from the general public.

Mann reiterated that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government of Punjab is the government of people and for the people. We are not here to give unfair -benefits to capitalists and won’t allow anyone to loot the general public after their toll operation period has expired.