The Congress has alleged that toll collection on the BMIC road is illegal as the Karnataka Toll Authority Act, which would authorize a private entity to collect tolls, has not been enacted by the state legislature yet. The opposition leader said the toll rates were too high and that the government should have asked the private company to reduce prices. The Chief Minister has said the government will ask the NICE to exempt two-wheelers and tractors from tolls and announce revised rates within a couple days.
The Congress has alleged that toll collection on the BMIC road is illegal as the Karnataka Toll Authority Act, which would authorize a private entity to collect tolls, has not been enacted by the state legislature yet. The opposition leader said the toll rates were too high and that the government should have asked the private company to reduce prices. The Chief Minister has said the government will ask the NICE to exempt two-wheelers and tractors from tolls and announce revised rates within a couple days.
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23.12.08.dh-nice toll collection illegal: congress
The Congress has alleged that toll collection on the BMIC road is illegal as the Karnataka Toll Authority Act, which would authorize a private entity to collect tolls, has not been enacted by the state legislature yet. The opposition leader said the toll rates were too high and that the government should have asked the private company to reduce prices. The Chief Minister has said the government will ask the NICE to exempt two-wheelers and tractors from tolls and announce revised rates within a couple days.
The Congress has alleged that toll collection on the BMIC road is illegal as the Karnataka Toll Authority Act, which would authorize a private entity to collect tolls, has not been enacted by the state legislature yet. The opposition leader said the toll rates were too high and that the government should have asked the private company to reduce prices. The Chief Minister has said the government will ask the NICE to exempt two-wheelers and tractors from tolls and announce revised rates within a couple days.
BANGALORE: The Congress BANGALORE, DHNS: Chief has alleged that the collec- Minister B S Yeddyurappa tion of toll on the BMIC road has said the government is illegal. Mallikarjun will appeal to the NICE to Kharge, Leader of the Oppo- exempt two-wheelers and sition in the Assembly, has tractors from toll on BMIC said that as per the Memo- road. Speaking to press randum of Understanding persons in Bangalore on (MoU) signed in 1997, toll Monday, the CM said that should be collected under the toll tariff was too the Toll Authority Act, high. which has not been enacted The government was of by the Karnataka Legisla- the opinion that two- ture yet. One of the NICE tollgates wheelers and tractors de- Addressing a press con- served exemption from ference on Monday, he said public, he said, and argued ernment did not respond to toll. Public Works minister that the Public Works De- that the government had not it. The government should C M Udasi would speak to partment issued a notifica- followed this procedure. have asked the company to the NICE Managing Direc- tion on toll collection on “The toll collection is illegal. reduce the price. Consider- tor Kheny and within a BMIC road under the Kar- The State government ing the government’s silence day or two the revised tar- nataka Highways Act (1964). should direct the NICE to as approval, the company iff would be announced. As for the MoU, a separate stop collecting toll until all started collecting toll. Had law should be enacted to au- mandatory norms are ful- the government acted at the thorise a private body to col- filed,” he said. right moment, protests phase of the work. The first lect the toll. Kharge blamed the State against the price could have phase includes 41 kms of “Unless such an act is government for the exorbi- been averted,” he said. Ring Road, 9.1 kms of link passed in the Legislature, tant toll tariff. Leader of the Opposition road and 12 kms of express- toll could not be collected,” “As per the information I in the Legislative Council V way on the Bangalore side. Kharge said. have gathered, NICE in- S Ugrappa said that as per “As the promoter has not On the basis of the Act, formed the Public Works De- the MoU, the promoter was completed the work, he is the toll charter should be fi- partment of the toll tariff allowed to collect toll only af- not allowed to collect toll,” nalised and notified to the well in advance. But the gov- ter completing the first he said.