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Toll Rates to Increase in Uttar Pradesh from April 1

Arijit Bose
Uttar Pradesh, Toll Hike, NHAI Toll Rates, Lucknow, Varanasi, Ayodhya, Barabanki, Sultanpur, Raebareli, Ghazipur, Mirzapur, NHAI, Road Tax, Highway Toll, Transport, Travel Costs, New Toll Rates, April 1, Toll Plaza, Vehicle Charges

Lucknow: Starting April 1, toll rates across various districts of Uttar Pradesh, including Lucknow, Varanasi, and Purvanchal, will be increased. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has issued a notification announcing the revised toll rates for the 2025-26 financial year. These new rates will come into effect from midnight on March 31. The toll hike will impact vehicles traveling through major routes, including Varanasi, Ghazipur, Mirzapur, Lucknow, Nawabganj, Barabanki, Sultanpur, Ayodhya, and Raebareli. On average, around 1 million vehicles pass through these toll plazas daily. The increased toll charges…

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Rainwater Harvesting helps village turn water sufficient

Arijit Bose

Mirzapur: In the summer of August last year in a village in Uttar Pradesh, six-year-old Shivansh jumped into the water for the first time and felt happy. Nearly 76 years after independence, piped water was supplied for the first time to the people of Lahuriya Dah village located on the hills of Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh. The then District Magistrate Divya Mittal started the supply of water through the pipeline. Until now the village’s 1,200 people depended on a nearby spring for water, which dried up in summer. In such…

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