Covid-19 lockdown relaxation: NHAI resumes toll collection from today

NHAI had suspended toll collection on all national highways after the 21-day nationwide lockdown was announced on March 24 to ease emergency services in view of the coronavirus outbreak

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) resumed toll collection on national highways from April 20, Monday, as the central government announced partial relaxation of the national lockdown. It comes as India is slowly planning to revive stalled economic activities due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

The Ministry of Home Affairs on April 15 released new lockdown guidelines listing select economic activities that will be allowed to function after April 20 only after the review of the Covid-19 situation in India. However, the revised guidelines will not apply in containment zones, as demarcated by respective states.

The exemptions given by the