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| NHAI Lakhanpur Toll Plaza to commence from July 21 | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 21 : National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) will commence the Lakhanpur Toll Plaza in District Kathua on Pathankot-Jammu National Highway NH-44 w.e.f. 21.07.2020 at 8:00hrs.
Ajay Kumar Rajak, Project Director, NHAI, PIU-Jammu informed that the toll collection for completed 4-lane section from Lakhanpur to Jammu was supposed to commence in the year 2012. In 2014 it was decided to collect the User Fee at two locations i.e. Lakhanpur & Thandikhui. However, after various levels of discussions and meetings at different levels in Center and State Govt, Thandikhui Toll Plaza commenced for User Fee Collection of the section Samba (Km. 65+00) to Kunjwani (Km. 97+20) and Jammu Bypass (Km. 0+00 to Km. 15+00) on 11.10.2019. And it was decided to handover the existing old Lakhanpur Toll Plaza to NHAI for the purpose of User Fee Collection in accordance with the National Highway (Determination of Rates and Collection of Fee) Rules, 2008.
Now therefore, the User Fee Collection for the section from Lakhanpur (Km. 16+350) to Samba (Km. 65+00) will be done at Lakhanpur Fee Plaza at Km. 16+400. The toll rates for the Lakhanpur toll plaza have been widely publicized through Newspaper Advertisements.
It was also stated that the 2 toll plazas of Lakhanpur and Thandikhui are more than 71 Km apart and hence in accordance with the 60Km criteria applicable for only those toll plazas which are on the same section of National Highway.
User Fee for 48.65 Km of National Highway is to be collected at Lakhanpur Toll Plaza.
12 lane toll plaza has been developed for smooth and fast collection of User Fee. The ETC (FASTag) Infrastructure has been installed for electronic toll payment by the road commuters. Further, there are allotted dedicated lane for buses, trucks, LMV and Exempted & VIP Lanes.
While speaking on the occasion, Rajak said, “Toll Plazas are the strength of the roads. All the money collected through tolls will be utilized in giving better road infrastructures in the country.
NHAI is charging the User Fee as per the rates issued through Gazette notification published by Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways, Govt. of India on 04.3.2014 in the official Gazette of India and calculated as per NH Fee Rules, 2008 (as amended).
NHAI is bound to give better services to the road users and stick to the theme of Authority “BUILDING A NATION, NOT JUST ROADS”.
He informed that the various development proposals on this Lakhanpur-Jammu section of NH-44 were not being approved because of non-commencement of the toll plaza since 2012.
“People will feel the difference on the road and their drive will become safer and smoother with every passing day,” he said.
At the end NHAI thanks the District Administration, commuters and public for kind cooperation and smooth functioning of toll plaza.
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