BIA Road Toll Tax proposal draws residents rage
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to collect a toll on the stretch from Sadahalli to BIA Bengaluru International Airport. The road toll tax proposal is showing signs of turning into a red rag for local residents and taxi drivers. The proposal draws local residents’ rage
Sadahalli comes under the National Highway 7 (NH) and is situated 17 km from Yelahanka limits and about 10 km out of BBMP limits.The NHAI has full authority to go ahead by imposing a toll on this stretch. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to collect a toll on the stretch from Sadahalli to BIA and the tax could be anywhere between Rs50 and Rs60 for four wheelers.
However, it is the local residents who stay on either side of NH 7 in Sadahalli and in areas of Yelahanka and Bytarayanapura, who will be the worst hit as they feel that this is just another way of fleecing them. They will have to pay toll whenever they step out from the city and also when they come back. This is another tax burdened on people who use the road to go into the city.
The proposed toll has not gone well with taxi unions whose taxis ferry thousands of passengers to and from the airport. Meanwhile, a BMTC official said that fares on the Volvo buses plying towards the airport will increase as the corporation also has to pay the toll fixed by the government.
Source: DNA India
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