HC notice to Punjab on toll firm’s plea seeking security to resume operations

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a notice to Punjab over a petition filed by the toll managing firm at the Ambala Expressway seeking directions to the Punjab Police to restore law and order in and around the toll plaza at Dappar.

The petitioner firm, GMR Ambala Chandigarh Expressways Private Limited, through its counsel, Advocate Nitin Thatai and Atul Sharma, have contended that the petitioner firm has been awarded the contract for improvement, operation, and maintenance including strengthening and widening of NH-21 (Ambala-Chandigarh Section) in the states of Haryana, Punjab on build, operate and transfer basis.