Chandigarh, July 14 -- Road travel across Punjab and Haryana is set to become slightly more expensive as the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) revised its user fee structure across eight key toll plazas in the region.
Under the revised rates, which came into effect on Tuesday, commuters traveling along routes connecting Sangrur, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Bathinda, and Abohar will have to pay an additional Rs 5 to Rs 10 per trip.
The adjustment follows an update to the NHAI's toll calculation system, which reincorporated a Wholesale Price Index (WPI) linking factor of 1.641.
Addressing the revision, highway administration officials noted that while toll rates had been reduced in certain areas last year, the updated policy ...