Punjab CM announces to make state’s roads toll free, no extension to toll companies
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday announced that people of the state will be given a huge relief by making the roads of the state toll-free. “The State Government will not grant an extension to any of toll companies and all toll plazas in the State will be removed on the expiry of existing agreements,” he said.
The Chief Minister, interacting with the media along with Deputy Speaker Jai Krishan Singh Rouri and Revenue Minister Brahm Shankar Jimpa, announced to close Lachowal toll plaza on Hoshiapur-Tanda road as its term had expired on December 14, 2022.
Assailing the previous governments in the State for overburdening people by mortgaging Punjab’s roads for their vested interests,
