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Udupi: Hejamady tollgate starts functioning, collection suspended after protest

  •   Fri, Feb 10 2017 12:23:10 PM

Umesh Marpalli
Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (SP)

Udupi, Feb 10: The tollgate set up by Navayuga Infrastructure at Hejamady started collecting toll charges from vehicles moving through it at 12 midnight on Thursday. However, a huge crowd of people from various parts of the district gathered near the tollgate at around 8.30 am on Friday and staged road blockade.

Officials of National Highways Authority of India and top police officers visited the spot to take stock of the situation and pacify the protesters. Tahsildar, Mahesh Chandra, has been negotiating with the protesters on their demands.

Over 250 police personnel and adequate number of vehicles have been kept in readiness at the spot to tackle law and order situation and also to arrest and whisk the protesters away if the need arises. Additional superintendent of police of the district, Vishnuvardhan, is at the venue of protest.

After protesters led by Belapu Deviprasad Shetty, chairman of Kaup Urban Planning Authority, Diwakar Shetty, presidents of three panchayats near Hejamady, Deepak Yarmal, Prakash Shetty Padubidri, Gulam Mohammed, Vishwas Amin, zilla panchayat member, Shashikant Padubidri, and others stood their ground, toll collection was temporarily suspended.

The tahsildar said the matter will be discussed in detail with the deputy commissioner and if possible, a suitable decision would be arrived at.

The protesters have warned that on Monday, they will hold a mega protest with the support of students of schools and colleges, if their demands are not met.
  

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  • Ramakrishna UR, Bangalore/Ulloor

    Sat, Feb 11 2017

    At this rate, one would end up paying only toll if traveling from Mangalore to Mumbai along the coast and the case is similar from Bangalore to Mumbai.

    Where is the money gone collected through life time tax on cars and other vehicles? Who is pocketing it?

    One lakh is collected on registration of every new car. Where is the money going? One needs thorough investigation of Road Transport corporation and its corrupt people and the political connection behind it.

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  • Shashi Shetty, Santhoor

    Fri, Feb 10 2017

    Years of hard ship due to shoddy road work ? 100s of lives lost due to unplanned road building and now collect Toll for the frequent travellers who from ages been using the road to visit their daily work and near and dear ones . It's nothing short of say time robbery. 2716

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  • Sainik, Mangalore

    Fri, Feb 10 2017

    If these developments are to loot the citizens in the form of Toll fare then we just don’t need such developments. We are better off with the old roads.
    Government collects huge taxes from crores of people and on top of that these collections. Why?

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  • dineshcshetty, Nitte/Dubai

    Fri, Feb 10 2017

    All KA 20 KA 19,KA 21 vehicles exempted from Toll collection.Undivided DK dists people of TULUNADU are United and One

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  • NM, Mangalore

    Fri, Feb 10 2017

    Complete that 4km stretch of Padubidri and close NITK toll booth before opening this toll plaza. If you have bad situations on either side of the toll plaza then who will find happiness in paying extra?

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