The police would be deployed on Sunday and Monday.” The official sources from the police department said that the traffic flow from Visakhapatnam to Kathipudi in East Godavari was being cleared with special forces. VISAKHAPATNAM: National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) project director for Visakhapatnam circle J Venkataratnam clarified that a message circulating on social media platforms like WhatsApp and Facebook that there would be no toll gate charges for civilians during Sankranti festival was fake.Speaking to TOI, Venkataratnam said that highway road was controlled by the Centre and they did not get any official communication from the Centre regarding temporary suspension of collecting toll gate charges from the people.The officer said he came to know about the message in the name of the state transport minister saying that there was no toll gate charges for four-wheelers.“In fact, we are happy in such case if we get an official communication to do so during the festival to clear the rush of vehicles at the toll gates,” Venkataratnam said.When TOI contacted, the state transport minister K Achchannaidu said: “We sent our police teams to the toll gate plazas to clear the traffic without collecting toll plaza charges.
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