Contrary to the statement of Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari last year that toll tax would not be levied at collection points that are located within 60 km of one another, the NHAI has been collecting tax on the Pathankot-Srinagar highway at two such plazas within that range.
Thandi Khui, also known as Sarore toll plaza, in Samba district was in the eye of storm when locals and members of the Yuva Rajput Sabha asked the NHAI to stop levying the toll as a bridge on the stretch had been damaged due to heavy rains in July and the traffic was diverted through internal roads.
