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Farmers protest takes a toll on Dappar plaza, loss pegged at Rs 1 crore

MOHALI: For the last six days, farmers have been protesting against farm laws at the Dappar toll plaza situated on the Chandigarh-Ambala highway, which has led to a loss of Rs 1 crore, said toll plaza officials. According to toll plaza officials, there are 12 lanes at the Dappar toll plaza and every day nearly 35,000 vehicles pass through the toll plaza. For the last six days, farmers are forcing the officials to let vehicles cross through the toll plaza without any payment. “They make sure that nobody pays at the toll booth. Everybody is travelling for free,” said a source at the toll plaza. Deepak Arora, corporate relation officer at Dappar toll plaza, said, “On a daily basis, transactions of around Rs 20 lakh are done here, but the protest has taken a toll on this so we have faced a loss of around Rs 1 crore till date. Farmers initially told us that they will protest till Wednesday, but now they are saying they will leave by Sunday.” Deepak also said never ever such an incident took place in the past where the toll plaza had to shut operations due to a protest. Sources also revealed that Punjabi Singer Jass Bajwa also visited the toll plaza three times already to show his support to the farmers (With inputs from Piyush Sarna)

The Times of India

2020-10-18

Chandigarh