A massive traffic jam at Gurugram's Kherki Daula toll plaza was witnessed on Wednesday due to shortage of currency notes of lower denomination. The traffic jam was two-km long in both in the morning and afternoon. Those commuting between Jaipur in Rajasthan and Delhi were the worst hit, with ambulances too stuck in the snarl. Heated arguments between motorists and toll booths' staff were also witnessed.
Most of the commuters handed the banned notes at Kherki Daula toll plaza on in a bid to get them changed into Rs100 and Rs50 denomination. As the concessionaire ran out of paper money, commuters were handed back coins of Rs10. The toll fee is Rs60.
"I was not able to get the change of Rs500 from anywhere so paid toll with the note. Now, I have got 44 coins of Rs10. It is hilarious but will have to manage," Nirmal Yadav said with the coins in his hand.
"What can we doIJ The government's decision has been in haste and we will have to face it," Satbir said.
At Kherki Daula toll, police had to intervene and open barriers to ease the kilometre-long traffic jam.
"I was stuck in jam for more than 25 minutes. Vehicles could move only after the police reached the spot and opened barriers," Ramesh Chander, a government employee, said.
He said traffic was stuck on both sides of the toll as people were arguing with attendants.
Toll attendants expressed their helplessness in paying back lower denomination currency notes because of the shortage.