The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has ordered the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to reduce toll collection on a poorly maintained part of NH-44. The court said that tolls ...

They pay the toll for using highways, and now they may have to pay charges to enter KL. Imposing a charge would not effectively mitigate or reduce congestion as people who go to KL have their reasons.

It also said the fees collected at the Lakhanpur and the Bann toll plazas would be 20% of the rates in force prior to January 26 last year till the national highway from Lakhanpur to Udhampur ...