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18 toll plazas on Punjab highways closed under AAP rule of just 2.5 years[1]
-- Eliminated tolls on a total of 590 km of state highways

Yearly saving of Aam Aadmi money = ₹225.09 crores[1:1]

The era Of 'Roads On Rent' is over in Punjab, said CM Bhagwant Mann

Date Toll on given Road Name Closed Public Money Saved
1 & 2 5 Sept 2022[2] Ladda & Ahmedgarh Toll on Ludhiana – Malerkotla – Sangrur road ₹13 Lakh daily[3]
3 15 December 2022[4] Lachowal toll plaza on the Tanda-Hoshiarpur road ₹1.94 lakhs daily[3:1]
4, 5 & 6 15 February 2023[5] Majari (SBS Nagar), Nangal Shaheedan & Mangarh (Hoshiarpur) on Balachaur-Garhshankar- Hoshiarpur Dasuya road ₹10.52 lakh daily[3:2]
7 01 Jan 2023 High Level Makhu Bridge at Makhu ₹0.60 Lakh daily[3:3]
8 01 April 2023[6] Kiratpur Sahib-Nangal-Una Road Toll Plaza ₹10.12 lakh daily[3:4]
9 12 April 2023[7] Samana-Patran road in Patiala ₹3.75 lakh daily[3:5]
10 05 July 2023[8] Moga-Kotakpura road ₹4.50 lakh daily[3:6]
11 & 12 14 September 2023[9] Fazilka-Ferozepur highway ₹6.34 lakh daily[3:7]
13 & 14 02 April 2024[10] Toll Raqba (Near Mullanpur) & Mehal Kalan (Near Barnala) on Dhaka-Barnala State Highway (SH-13) ₹4.5 Lakh daily[3:8]
15 & 16 - 2 Tolls on Bhawanigarh-Nabha-Gobindgarh road ₹3.50 Lakh daily[3:9]
17 & 18 - Patiala-Nabha-Malerkotla ₹2.90 Lakh daily[1:2]
Total ₹61.67 lakh daily[1:3]

Now Punjab state only is left with 4 operational state toll plazas which will be closed in future as well[11][8:1][9:1]

References:


  1. https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=188970 ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. https://brightpunjabexpress.com/cm-gives-healing-touch-to-people-by-announcing-closure-of-two-toll-plazas-on-sangrur-ludhiana-road/ ↩︎

  3. https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=186875 ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  4. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/96265556.cms ↩︎

  5. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/bhagwant-mann-3-more-toll-plazas-on-highways-to-be-shut-480139 ↩︎

  6. https://www.outlookindia.com/national/punjab-cm-announces-kiratpur-sahib-nangal-una-road-toll-plaza-closure-says-era-of-roads-on-rent-over-news-275281 ↩︎

  7. https://www.thestatesman.com/india/punjab-cm-closes-9th-toll-plaza-says-more-to-follow-1503171592.html ↩︎

  8. https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=167389 ↩︎ ↩︎

  9. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/fazilka-two-toll-plazas-shut-down-544461 ↩︎ ↩︎

  10. https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=181753 ↩︎

  11. https://www.ptcnews.tv/punjab-contracts-of-13-more-toll-plazas-to-end-in-next-2-years-check-details ↩︎

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