Heavy tax is being collected from light vehicles:

This is a very important news for light cargo vehicle (LCV) drivers traveling on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway. Due to glitches in the software of toll plazas and faulty machines, the pockets of the drivers are being directly affected. Here is an SEO-friendly and structured summary of this news for digital news and web portals:

Loss due to software glitch: Due to a software glitch at the toll plazas (Fatehabad and Lucknow) of the expressway, light goods vehicles weighing up to 3,000 kg are being categorized as more than 12,000 kg.

Recovery of additional toll: As per rules, a toll of Rs 670 should be charged from these vehicles, but instead Rs 1,015 is being charged per journey. That means Rs 345 extra is being charged per vehicle.

‘Game’ worth lakhs every day: Around 2,000 light goods vehicles (like Mahindra Pickup, Tata-407) pass through this expressway every day. According to this, UPEIDA is getting additional profit of Rs 6.90 lakh per day.

Refund on complaint, but no rectification: If any conscious driver complains about this extra toll being deducted, the money (like Rs 120 or Rs 100) is returned to him, but the basic problem of the system and the category of vehicles is not being rectified.

Machines have been gathering dust for a year: ‘Weigh-in-motion’ machines are installed in 7 out of 12 lanes of Fatehabad toll plaza, but these have been lying defunct for the last one year. Despite complaints, UPEDA officials have not taken any concrete action.