A large number of people held a protest demonstration against the forced toll tax collection on the main single road from Mirpurkhas to Umerkot.

Hundreds of people from Mirpurkhas, Umerkot, hithoro, and other cities and towns staged a strong protests and sit-in in front of the toll plaza, leading to long queues of vehicles on both sides of the road. The protesters demanded the immediate removal of the forced toll plaza.

The protesters say that the main road from Mirpurkhas to Umerkot, which is a single route, frequently witnesses accidents.

“Additionally, the road is in a state of disrepair at several places every half kilometer and has been in this condition for years.” They said that now, a forced toll plaza had been set up on this road, and toll tax collection had started.