Travelling on the Zirakpur-Patiala highway to get costlier

The Zirakpur-Patiala ride is about to get costlier as the highway connecting these two places will soon have a toll plaza near Rampur Village, which will charge money from the commuters travelling on this route.
Built at a cost of INR 300 crore by the subsidiary of a Russian construction company, this road project is expected to get completed by the end of February, when it will also be handed over to the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), who is yet to decide on the toll amount. NHAI Project Director Jaswinder Singh said that the toll rates will be finalised after the project is completed and handed over to them.


Convenient for those, who like to go on road trips around the region, this new highway will be highly useful as it will cut down on the travel time between Chandigarh and Patiala by 30 minutes.
Although the highway intends to make travelling smoother, faster and easier among the commuters of the region, the local residents are not really happy with the toll related announcement. They believe that it is unfair to burden the common man with the more taxes and toll amounts, especially after things like the Goods and Services Tax (GST) have been imposed by the government.