INDIA DIGEST

Free run on Lucknow-Agra e-way to end after Jan 15
 

Come January 15, get ready to shell out ₹500 for a Lucknow-Agra Expressway drive. The 302-km expressway, the longest in the country, will have two toll plazas — one each at Lucknow and Agra side. They will be operated by the Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority. The total toll for a travel from Lucknow to Delhi will be ₹915, since a drive between Agra and Greater Noida now costs ₹415. The exact amount, however, will be finalised soon for a drive between Lucknow and Agra, an official said on Wednesday. “We are in the process of finalising the amount that will be charged up to each exit point on the stretch.