The Ministry of Highways has today(13) announced that a record number of 24,000 vehicles have used the Southern Express Highway withing 24 hours from 6 a.m on Yesterday(12) to 6 a.m on Today (13) by generating an income of Rs.5.8 million.the number of vehicles reported as using the Southern Express Highway during last 24 hours were the highest number of vehicles that have been used the express highway in 24 hour period since it's inauguration .since the fares for using express highways have been reduced a large number of passengers are reported as traveling through the Southern Express Highway and other highways on this festive season according to the ministry.
The reduced fares of express highways will be effected until 25th of April.
In other days around 8700 Vehicles are traveling through the Southern Express Highway daily according to the ministry of highways.in last year (2013) alone an income around Rs.3.4 million has been generated daily through the southern express highway and withing that year Rs.1200 million had earned by the government through this highway the Central Bank reports have indicated.
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