Toll Tax Cut: Going to Vaishno Devi will be cheaper, toll will be reduced by 80% due to the High Court's decision!

People traveling on the National Highway can get a big relief in toll tax. Recently, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the National Highway Authority of India that if the road is broken, then the toll tax will have to be reduced. An 80 percent reduction in toll tax has been ordered at two toll plazas located on National Highway 44. The Jammu and Kashmir High Court said that the reduction in toll tax should continue until the road construction work is completed.

Millions of people got big relief.

This decision of the High Court will bring great relief to pilgrims going to Mata Vaishno Devi temple and other travelers, this decision of the court will benefit lakhs of people who pass through National Highway 44 every day.

Order to collect 20% toll

A bench of Chief Justice Tashi Rabstan and Justice MA Chaudhary, while hearing a PIL, has ordered NHAI to collect only 20 percent toll from people at Lakhanpur and Bann toll plazas. This instruction is effective immediately and will remain in force until the road construction work on the National Highway is completed.

Not only this, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed not to set up any toll plaza within 60 kilometers on National Highway 44. In Union Territories like Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, such toll plazas have been directed to be removed within two months.

Who filed the petition?

Sugandha Sawhney had filed a PIL seeking exemption in toll collection at Lakhanpur, Thandi Khui, and Bann Plaza on NH-44, arguing that despite 60 to 70 per cent of the highway being under construction since December 2021, toll tax collection is continuing in violation of rules.