India, Sept. 15 -- A mahapanchayat was held on Sunday morning near the Mundka-Bakkarwala toll plaza on the Urban Extension Road - 2 (UER-2) by residents of nearby villages, who gathered to demand that they and other local residents be exempted from the recently imposed toll. This comes after a series of protests at the site over the same issue.

The toll was organised by Palam 360, a body of many village Panchayats in Delhi. "Our demands remain the same - we want to be exempt from the toll, and want the u-turn cuts to be opened. On 27 September, we will hold another mahapanchayat in Mundka, and will start sending a committee across the villages to speak about our protest, and how to take it further," said Ram Kumar Solanki, the leader of ...