Relief for commuters! Toll collection on national highways suspended temporarily due to COVID-19 outbreak

Toll relief! Big announcement by Road Transport and Highways Ministry! In view of the novel coronavirus outbreak, the government has decided to suspend the collection of toll on national highways on a temporary basis. Recently, Nitin Gadkari announced that the collection of toll at all the national highway toll plazas across the country has been temporarily suspended by the government. According to the Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways of India, the move will not only reduce inconvenience to the supply of emergency services but it will also save critical time. The minister further said that the maintenance of roads, as well as availability of emergency resources at all toll plazas, will continue as usual.