NHAI suffers toll loss of Rs 2,731 crore due to farmers protest
State-owned National Highways Authority of India suffered a revenue loss of Rs 2,731.32 due to the farmers’ protests in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.
Replying to a written question in the Rajya Sabha, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said the protest started affecting toll collection from October 2020.
He said initially the toll plazas in Punjab were made non-operational by agitating farmers in October 2020.
“It eventually spread to neighbouring states of entire Haryana and parts of Rajasthan. Overall 60 to 65 NH toll plazas were affected due to farmer agitation resulting in loss of toll collection of Rs 2,731 crore,” the minister said.
