Long queues at toll plaza may be a thing of past

Unlike the second week of January two years ago, police teams camped at the Pantangi toll plaza near Choutuppal and the Korlapahad toll plaza near Kethepally on NH-65 (Hyderabad-Vijayawada) are much relaxed now. On January 13, 2019, natives heading to Andhra Pradesh for Sankranti were stranded in vehicles at Pantangi for several kilometres for at least two hours. Confusion whether the toll tax waiver, between January 13 and 16, announced by the Telangana government was applicable on national highways continued till situation turned chaotic, and the District Collector and the NHAI intervened.