The cab and taxi drivers’ associations in Bangalore are meeting chief minister BS Yeddyurappa and transport minister R Ashoka at 7.30 am on Monday, at the chief minister’s Race Course Road residence, to discuss the toll trouble.
The cab and taxi drivers’ associations in Bangalore are meeting chief minister BS Yeddyurappa and transport minister R Ashoka at 7.30 am on Monday, at the chief minister’s Race Course Road residence, to discuss the toll trouble.
On Saturday, the Navayuga Devanahalli Tollway Private Limited sent a notification that the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will begin to collect toll tax at the plaza constructed ahead of the international airport from Monday, April 25.
In reaction, the All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC), Bangalore Tourists Taxi Owners Association (BTTOA), Karnataka Maxi Cab and Taxi Association and Karnataka Tourism Forum, who have joined the struggle to push the toll booth beyond the Trumpet Junction, sought Yeddyurappa’s intervention in the matter.
“All international airports in metropolitan cities are 13 to 20 km away from the city and are maintained by the state governments. So, the Karnataka government is right in supporting NHAI, which built the toll plaza, to start taxing vehicles,” said Radhakrishna Holla, general secretary, BTTOA.
“But all we want to tell the government and NHAI is that the toll plaza will create a lot of trouble for commuters and will be heavy on the drivers’ pockets. We want the government to wait till the completion of six-lane expressway project,” he said.
“This toll booth just before the international airport diversion on the national highway-7 will cause traffic jams and commuters will suffer. No other state has so many toll booths. Every day, almost two lakh people travel to Bangalore through roads and end up paying huge amounts of toll tax,” said GR Shanmugappa, president, AIMTC.
The associations made it clear that they will not call any strike before the meeting with the chief minister. The decision whether severe indefinite protests would be called or not will be taken after the meeting. The associations felt cheated because NHAI officials assured them that the vehicles will not be taxed until the project is completed, last Monday.
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