Mann announces closure of two toll plazas on Sangrur-Ludhiana road

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday announced closure of two toll plazas — Ladda and Mandi Ahemdgarh — on Sangrur-Ludhiana road as their term is going to expire on Sunday midnight.

“These toll plazas were seeking extension of 20 months or compensation worth Rs 50 crore but I have rejected it and ordered closure of these tolls in larger public interest,” said the Chief Minister while addressing a huge gathering at Ladda.

The Chief Minister said that the toll was started on September 5, 2015, for a period of seven years. “This toll was a ‘gift’ of the then Akali government whose candidate had emerged victorious in by-poll held in April 2015….Though former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had promised that this toll will not be installed,