Sep, Month

Chennai, Sep 1 The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is set to increase the rates by 7 to 10 per cent in 20 toll plazas in Tamil Nadu from September 1. The hike in rates in the toll plazas would lead to an increase in the price of essential commodities, fear transporters.The commercial goods vehicles that transport essentials will be most affected by the increase in rates at the toll plazas, the transporters said.The Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) had already announced that it would stage protest marches at all toll plazas where the rates would be increased. The PMK leader Dr S. Ramadoss in a statement on Tuesday had called upon the NHAI to present a white paper on the amount spent for constructing the toll plazas.The NHAI increases the rate of toll plazas in batches with cut off dates as April 1 and September 1. In Tamil Nadu, there are 48 toll plazas of the NHAI and there has been demands from the users, transport carrier organisations, political parties not to hike the rates as people are suffering amid the Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown has caused huge losses to the business establishments.R. Nagarathinam of the Tamil Nadu Lorry Owners Association while speaking to said, "The increase in toll plaza rates by the NHAI is unfounded at this juncture as businesses in the state is slowly picking up and this hike by 7 to 10 per cent will lead to an increase in prices of all essential commodities thus crushing the budget of the common man."The Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) has also announced that it would conduct protests across the toll plazas against the increase in rates. Thol Thiruvamavalavan MP and leader of VCK in a statement on Wednesday said that the hike in toll plaza rates would have a direct effect on the price rise and called upon the NHAI not to increase the rates for the time being. He said that the VCK will have to resort to protests at the toll plazas if the rates are not reduced.Tamil Nadu tour and travel operators association that operates luxury buses told that the rates of luxury buses will have to go up.S. Anbazhagan of the Tour and Travel operators association, Tamil Nadu told , "Already a sleeper luxury bus is paying around Rs 1,950 per trip as toll and Rs 1,500 as road tax. How can we manage the services if the toll rates are again hiked by 7 to 10 per cent. This is totally uncalled for and NHAI must refrain from this hike in rates of toll plazas."Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

SepFOLLOW

Sep, Latest News

Los Angeles, Sep 1 Marvel President Kevin Feige has talked about the upcoming 'Black Widow' movie. He says ... ...

New York, Sep 1 Serbia's world No. 1 Novak Djokovic reached the second round of the US Open ... ...

Kolkata, Sep 1 Despite a stampede-like situation in a vaccination centre at Dhupguri in Jalpaiguri district where at ... ...

Chennai, Sep 1 The Union Health Ministry has allocated 1.4 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccines to Tamil Nadu ... ...

Beijing, Sep 1 Chinese tech giant Xiaomi has reportedly invested heavily in a core communications chipmaker for automobiles ... ...

New Delhi, Sep 1 Former England captain Nasser Hussain has said that "world No. 2 spinner" Ravichandran Ashwin ... ...

Wellington, Sep 1 New Zealand reported 75 new community cases of Delta variant of Covid-19, including 74 in ... ...

Chennai, Sep 1 The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is set to increase the rates by 7 ... ...