Overview
- The Himachal Pradesh government issued an official notification revising entry tax and toll and exempting Himachal-registered light commercial vehicles from toll.
- Six-tyre trucks will pay ₹320 to enter the state, matching last year’s rate.
- Multi-axle trucks, including 10 to 16-tyre vehicles, will pay ₹570, and out-of-state light passenger vehicles will pay ₹100.
- Transporter and farmer groups in Punjab threatened an indefinite blockade of the Kiratpur Sahib–Manali highway unless Punjab imposes a reciprocal levy or Himachal exempts four border districts.
- State officials cast the move as relief after border protests, and Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said he does not understand why demonstrations continue.