NEW DELHI: Toll collection across most of the NH stretches was close to 20% on Monday. While most of the toll plazas operating without any problem came as a sigh of relief to NHAI , the second good news was district administrations giving approval for carrying out construction in nearly 40% ongoing projects.Sources said the details were shared by most of the regional officers during a web-based interaction with NHAI chairman, S S Sandhu on Monday. “There was hardly any obstruction to resumption of tolling on the NH network. Some of the regional officers said construction works have started and these will pick up quickly as availability of labourers increases,” said an official.Some of the toll operators told TOI that more than 60% of the user fee was collected through FASTag . “Almost all the vehicles on NHs were trucks and goods vehicles. We have appealed to the drivers to adopt digital payment for their safety and of our staff as well,” said one of them.He added since the traffic flow is very less, now they are managing the toll plazas with less manpower.The NHAI is staring at nearly Rs 2,000 crore claims from toll operators. Moreover, contractors engaged in the ongoing works will also raise claims for idling of their men and machineriy during the complete lockdown period."Our priority is to jumpstart construction. WE will deal with the claims when we get them. Any more delay in resuming work will have cascading impact on economy and jobs. The chairman has directed all officers to ensure that the all safety norms are fully adhered to at all workplaces," said an NHAI official.