NHAI exempts tankers carrying oxygen from toll fee on highways

With the country experiencing an unprecedented demand for medical oxygen, the National Highways Authority of India announced that tankers and containers carrying liquid medical oxygen will be exempted from user fees at toll plazas across national highways.

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Saturday announced exempting tankers and containers carrying liquid medical oxygen (LMO) from user fee at toll plazas across national highways. Keeping in view the current unprecedented demand for medical oxygen across the country due to the Covid-19 pandemic, containers carrying LMO will be treated at par with other emergency vehicles such as ambulances for a period of two months or till further orders, NHAI said in a statement.