Caught unaware of the Supreme Court’s imposition of ‘environment tax’, commercial vehicle drivers remained stranded on the National Highway-8 on Tuesday for around five hours which led to a massive traffic snarls in the area.
The vehicles coming from Jaipur and Gurgaon were stopped at Srihall toll plaza, Rajeev Chowk and the bordering area of Delhi at 12 am to pay environment tax.
However, most of the drivers claimed they were not aware of the new guidelines by the apex court and failed to pay the tax, Manveer Singh, DCP, Gurgaon Traffic police said. Some drivers also protested against the move, while others didn’t have the amount. They parked their vehicles on the main Delhi-Jaipur road, resulting in a massive jam, he said.
The stretch between Sirhaul toll plaza and Rajiv Chowk in Gurgaon was packed with vehicles till early morning on Tuesday, he said. The traffic was cleared at around 5 am after diversion was put in place by senior traffic cops, Singh said.