NHAI wants farmer strike at Delhi-Haryana border treated as force majeure

NHAI is of the view that the farmers' agitation led to stoppage of toll at the plazas.

Farmer agitation at the Delhi-Haryana border is being considered to be recognised as an “indirect political force majeure”.

In case this happens, it will enable road toll collectors on one of the country’s busiest highways to make up for the loss in revenue.

The national lockdown last year had been cited as a force majeure incident, which led the Union government to give the toll operators a similar dispensation across the country.

The proposal to allow “indirect force majeure” has been prepared by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and has been put up for approval of the Union