Protestors Call Not to Pay Road Taxes: Vehicles Off Road
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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (PS/VA)
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Mangalore, Oct 27: All city, service and inter-state buses are off roads on Wednesday Oct 27 seeking immediate repair of NH 17 from Mulki to Tokkottu.
Addressing the protesters, Congress leader and president of Dakshina Kannada Zilla Karmika Parishat Bus Naukarara Sangha Ivan D'Souza said that they had sought support from bus owners for the bandh and it evoked a good response with people gathering in massive numbers.
Rajavarma Ballal, president, Canara Bus Owners’ Association said that already 10 lives were succumbed to death within the short span of time. But the authorities concerned did not bother to take any action. Water, house, and roads are the basic needs of the citizens, but due to silence of the people they have been betrayed by the ruling government, he said. He called upon the people not to pay the road taxes unless the repair works are carried out. He alos said that the contractors involved in the road works should be held responsible for the unmotorable condition of the roads.
Later, the members of Canara Bus Owners' Association and District Congress Committee under the leadership of Ivan D’Souza took out a padayatra from Nantoor to Talapady, stretch of NH17 that is in highly pathetic condition. U T Khader, Mangalore MLA and Congress leader Moideen Bava among others were present.