Shimla, April 3 -- The Himachal Pradesh government on Thursday notified the revised rates of entrytax on certain categories of vehicles. The rates were rationalised following massive protests in the border areas of Himachal and Punjab. Earlier during the day, chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu had said that the state government would issue a notification on revised entry tax and toll provisions by the evening. As per a notification, the entry tax for passenger vehicle upto 12+1 seater would Rs.100, Light commercial vehicle, mini bus and six tyre truck Rs.320 and 10-14 tyre truck Rs.570. Speaking to media on Thursday after assembly session, Sukhu said light commercial vehicles such as pickups, small goods carriers ("Chhota Hathi"), and three-wheelers registered in Himachal Pradesh have been exempted from toll. "We have exempted light commercial vehicles like pickups and three-wheelers from toll to provide relief to local operators," he said. The CM added that entry tax for six-tyre trucks has been reduced and retained at Rs.320 and rates for multi-axle vehicles-including 10, 12, 14 and 16-tyre trucks-have been reduced and kept at Rs.570. "In addition, we have reduced the entry tax for light passenger vehicles coming from other states from Rs.130 to Rs.100," he said. Questioning the protests reported from some border areas, Sukhu said there was no reason for agitation. "I don't understand why protests are taking place," the CM said. Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, on Thursday, inaugurated the Nuclear Medicine Block at Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) in Shimla. The facility would enable patients to access advanced Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scan services within the state in the government sector and would reduce the need to travel outside for such diagnostics, he said. Speaking on the occasion, the chief minister said that this is the first facility of its kind. He further said that the PET scan facility enables early detection of diseases at the metabolic and molecular levels. Unlike conventional imaging modalities such as CT and MRI, which identify structural changes at later stages, PET technology detects physiological alterations at a much earlier stage. "The facility would play a vital role in the staging and restaging of cancers, evaluation of treatment response, detection of recurrence and prognostication. He said that it is widely used in the diagnosis and management of various malignancies, including brain tumours, head and neck cancers, thyroid carcinoma, lung carcinoma, pleural malignancies, thymic tumours, esophagogastric carcinoma, gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST), breast carcinoma, colorectal carcinoma, as well as urological and testicular malignancies," hesaid. "The present state government remains committed to introducing high end technologies in the health sector. Recently, I have inaugurated a new three Tesla MRI machine at this premier health institution," he added....