Toll collection starts at Ladhowal barrier : The Tribune India

Join Whatsapp Channel

Toll collection starts at Ladhowal barrier

LUDHIANA: Extending a relief to the company managing toll collection at the Ladhowal barrier in Ludhiana, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today stayed the orders of the Permanent Lok Adalat (PLA), which had earlier ordered the company to stop toll collection for its failure to remove encroachments along the national highway and ignoring safety norms, till April 27.

Toll collection starts at Ladhowal barrier

Commuters create a ruckus at the Ladhowal toll plaza on Saturday evening. Tribune photo



Nikhil Bhardwaj

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, April 21

Extending a relief to the company managing toll collection at the Ladhowal barrier in Ludhiana, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today stayed the orders of the Permanent Lok Adalat (PLA), which had earlier ordered the company to stop toll collection for its failure to remove encroachments along the national highway and ignoring safety norms, till April 27.

After getting orders from the High Court, the company started collecting toll on Saturday evening. Commuters turned furious when the officials did not let them pass without paying the toll. The police reached the spot and controlled the situation.

Several commuters laid siege to the toll barrier. The officials of the company had a tough time convincing the commuters that the High Court had allowed the company to collect toll till April 27, when the court will again hold hearing on the issue.

Dinesh Kumar, assistant manager at the toll barrier, said many commuters misbehaved with the employees, saying that toll fee was waived by the lok adalat. “We have now put up a copy of the HC orders on the barriers,” he added.

“We have numbers of several vehicles which crossed the barrier without paying toll. We are going to submit a complaint to seek action against them,” Dinesh asserted.

Top News

High alert across Uttar Pradesh after gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari's death

High alert across Uttar Pradesh after gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari's death

Umar Ansari alleged that his father was subjected to slow po...

Mukhtar Ansari was subjected to slow poisoning in jail: Son

Mukhtar Ansari was subjected to slow poisoning in jail: Son

Ansari's post-mortem to be conducted in UP by panel of five ...

Enforcement Directorate wants AAP's Lok Sabha poll strategy details from Arvind Kejriwal's phone: Atishi

Enforcement Directorate wants AAP's Lok Sabha poll strategy details from Arvind Kejriwal's phone: Atishi

Says actually it is the BJP and not the ED that wants to kno...

PM Modi in conversation with Bill Gates, says India has democratised technology, aims to end digital divide

PM Modi, in conversation with Bill Gates, says India has democratised technology, aims to end digital divide

Says tech can play big role in agriculture, education, healt...


Cities

View All