Coronavirus affect / No toll tax on national highway from today, stop on recovery for vehicles engaged in emergency services
new Delhi. In view of the infection of Coronavirus in the country, the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has announced that there will be no temporary toll tax on national highways from Thursday. Information has been given everywhere in this regard.
Union Road and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari announced late Wednesday that the people engaged in the work of emergency services will be helped . He said that to ease the work of people engaged in emergency services, tolls will not be taken on national highways temporarily in the country. The Union Minister said that in view of Kovid-19, it is ordered that all toll plazas in the country should be stopped. The Union Minister said that this will help those engaged in the work of emergency services. The minister said that the management of roads and the presence of emergency resources at the toll plaza will remain the same as before.
DPIIT launched Real Time Monitoring
Department of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) on Thursday constituted a control room for real-time monitoring of transportation of goods and delivery of essential commodities during the 21-day lockdown. In a statement issued by DPIIT, if a manufacturer, transporter, distributor, wholesaler or e-commerce company has any problem at the ground level then it can contact the control room. In case of any problem, telephone number + 91 11 23062487 can be contacted from 8 am to 6 pm. Apart from this, complaint can also be made to the e-mail id [email protected] of the control room .
