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Toll booths open to biz, but India's oldest highway wears deserted look

Constructed by Sher Shah Suri in the 16th century, the original road over the years extended right up to Kabul in Afghanistan (in the west) and Chittagong in Bangladesh (in the east).

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The NHAI on Monday resumed toll collection after 26 days. At the Sonipat toll plaza in Haryana, there are about 10 booths to collect the levy Photo: Sanjay K Sharma

Megha Manchanda New Delhi
The Grand Trunk road that links Delhi to Haryana and Punjab is not buzzing with the usual traffic despite the ongoing harvest season in the two states that form India’s grain bowl.
 
Constructed by Sher Shah Suri in the 16th century, the original road over the years extended right up to Kabul in Afghanistan (in the west) and Chittagong in Bangladesh (in the east). It is now part of the National Highway 1 that goes up to Kashmir with one of its spurs ending in Atarri, the land port between India and Pakistan.
 
On the highway, dhabas (eateries), some of

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