State-owned National Highways Authority of India suffered a revenue loss of Rs 2,731.32 CR due to the farmers’ protests in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.
Replying to a written question in the Rajya Sabha, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said the protest started affecting toll collection from October 2020.
“It eventually spread to neighboring states of entire Haryana and parts of Rajasthan. Overall, 60 to 65 NH toll plazas were affected due to farmer agitation resulting in loss of toll collection of Rs 2,731 crore,” the minister said.
Gadkari said MoRTH and NHAI have made continuous efforts to operationalize the affected toll plazas through active communication with state administration, help of toll collecting agency etc.
