Entry Tax Row Fuels Tensions At Punjab–Himachal Border, Sparks Law And Order Co ...
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[*]Haryana and Punjab residents are upset over the steep increase in the entry tax on private vehicles from Rs 70 to Rs 170.
[*]Heavy vehicles will see an increase of Rs 40, from Rs 130 to Rs 170.
[*]CM Sukhu said the revision was primarily due to the integration of the entry tax with the FASTag system on National Highway.
Amid escalating protests, a threat to block vehicular movement, and rising law-and-order concerns at inter-state borders, tensions between Punjab and Himachal Pradesh have flared over the hill state’s decision to impose a hiked entry tax on all incoming private and commercial vehicles from Wednesday.
What has added to the growing developments is the Punjab government's threat to impose a reciprocal entry tax on vehicles from Himachal Pradesh entering the state.
Even as Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu has spoken to Punjab Chief MinisterBhagwant Singh Mann, explaining reasons for the increase to raise the state’s revenue and also offering some relief to the affected stakeholders, the crisis has only kept the heat on the Himachal Pradesh government.
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Fresh Trouble Brewing Between Himachal Pradesh, Punjab At Interstate Entry Points
BY Ashwani Sharma
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