Ambala:  Public, trade & industry, government and railways suffered huge amount of financial loss as well as inconvenience to the travelling passengers on various routes due to the sealing of border at Shambhu on Haryana-Punjab border by the protesting farmers for a period of more than five months, now likely to be opened  which within a week as per the orders of Punjab and Haryana High Court.

The passengers travelling on the National Highway on which between 60 to 65 thousand vehicles passing through Toll Plaza daily suffered too much while passing through the alternate lengthy routes, besides suffered an amount worth Rs 112 crore towards collection of the Toll Tax in this period. Information also reveals, most of the trains passing through this route (vis Shambhu railway station) remained cancelled in this period as a result railways suffered revenue loss much more than Rs 10 crore as told by a railways spokesperson.

Trade and industry in Haryana and Punjab was worst affected due to closure of highways for several months, estimating loss more than Rs 1000 crore in the past five months. Among other revenue losses suffered by the government include Rs 2.5 crore revenue loss to Haryana Roadways, over Rs 10 crore revenue loss to Railways due to cancellation of trains as well as railway reservations, amount worth over Rs 25 crore was spent over four police companies deployed on Haryana-Punjab border near Shambhu to maintain law and order during farmers protest at Shambhu.