Government Toll Tax Free: Anyone in India goes from one place to another with his car. So if there is a toll tax on the way, he has to pay the toll there. This system is in all the states of India.
But now if you are going in Uttar Pradesh with your car. Then you will get a chance to travel for free. Actually, Maha Kumbh is to be organized in Allahabad in January next year. And in view of this, the Uttar Pradesh government has joined hands with the National Highway Authority of India.
To provide convenience to the devotees and to enable them to travel to Kumbh Mela without any hassle, it has been announced that many toll plazas will be toll free. This means that the devotees who come to Maha Kumbh in their own vehicles will not have to pay toll tax. Know which toll plazas are included in this. And from whom will toll tax be taken even after the exemption.
Toll free on these seven toll plazas
The Uttar Pradesh government has made toll tax free at all toll plazas entering Prayagraj to avoid inconvenience to travelers during the Maha Kumbh. The administration will not charge toll from the vehicles of devotees at Umapur toll plaza on Chitrakoot highway, Mauaima toll on Ayodhya highway, Andhiyari toll on Lucknow highway, Mungari toll on Mirzapur road, Handia toll on Varanasi road, Kokhraj toll on Kanpur road for 45 days during the Maha Kumbh. They will be given free entry for the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj.
Toll will be collected from heavy vehicles
Although the Uttar Pradesh government has made toll-free for the vehicles of devotees coming to Maha Kumbh. But during this time, toll tax will be collected from heavy vehicles and commercial vehicles. That is, vehicles carrying iron rods, sand, cement or any kind of electrical goods or electronic goods.
Toll tax will be collected from those vehicles. However, toll tax will not be collected from any type of jeep or car, whether private or commercial. The exemption given by the government will continue till the entire Maha Kumbh. Let us tell you that when Kumbh was organized in the year 2019, toll tax was made free even then.
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