Free run on Eastern Peripheral Expressway as toll plazas not ready

GREATER NOIDA: Nearly 20 days after the inauguration of Eastern Peripheral Expressway, toll assortment is yet to start on the stretch as toll plazas are yet to be installed at many issues between Dasna and Chajju Nagar (Chainsa) on the expressway. Though NHAI assets said that toll assortment used to be intended to start only on June 15, hardly any toll used to be accumulated up to now two days.

In most places, toll operators are turning in slips to commuters whom they forestall with a gesture as there are not any barriers to prevent vehicles. As per NHAI regulations, a automobile is anticipated to pay toll on 8 issues on the EPE at Jakhauli, Mavikalan, Dasna, Duhai, Bilakbarpur, Maujpur, Fatehpur Rampur (Sirsa) and Chhajju Nagar (Chainsa) throughout Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. The automobile can be charged the rest between Rs 25 and Rs 1,380 relying on the period of the adventure.


For example, a automobile driving force can pay toll tax at Dasna toll plaza and will show the toll slip at the remainder of the toll plazas till Palwal. However, on Saturday, toll assortment didn't happen at a lot of these issues between Dasna and Chajju Nagar (Chainsa). A toll operator deployed at Fatehpur Rampur (Sirsa) toll plaza used to be seen turning in slips to drivers after gesturing them to prevent. Moreover, there are some kuccha roads connecting the villages with the EPE which permit heavy vehicles to go into the EPE without paying the toll. One may see vans in need of to steer clear of the toll enter the EPE from any of the access issues prior to Palwal and move ahead without any individual noticing the place they climbed up on the EPE.


These vans are further helped via the a large number of cuts between the 2 carriageways of the EPE which help them take a U-turn to the nearest exit level. TOI discovered as many as 10 cuts between Dasna toll plaza and Chhaju Nagar issues. Only two cuts on this stretch had been partly closed with channels which help an ambulance or a surveillance automobile to take a U-turn in case of an emergency.


On their section, NHAI officials instructed TOI that they're within the process of installing the machine in toll plazas. Kishore Kanyal, mission director, NHAI instructed TOI that whilst toll assortment machine is useful on Kundli and Palwal toll plazas, groups are working to install the machine somewhere else.


Free run on Eastern Peripheral Expressway as toll plazas not ready Free run on Eastern Peripheral Expressway as toll plazas not ready Reviewed by Kailash on June 17, 2018 Rating: 5
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