Hoshiarpur: After expiry of contract, Lachowal toll plaza shut
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann arrived at Hoshiarpur's Lachowal toll plaza on Thursday and made it toll free from further levies after expiry of time duration.
He said a FIR was filed against the toll company PD Aggarwal Private Limited for failing to maintain the road and provide emergency services, despite of collecting Rs 150 crore in 15 years.
According to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, this road was built by the government in 2007 at a cost of Rs Rs 7.76 crore in 2007 but the maintenance was transferred to the private company which collected Rs 1.94 lakh per day or Rs 7 crore per year.
He criticized his former government for betraying the people over the past 15 years.
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