Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 15, 2019:- President JKPCC Shri Ghulam Ahmed Mir has strongly criticized BJP for installation of another toll plaza at Sarore on Jammu-Lakhanpur highway within the distance 50 kilometer from the existing one, while third one is in the pipeline on this route, which amounts to over taxing the people in the already economically distressed atmosphere in the county.
Terming it unjustified and unfair, JKPCC Chief Shri G.A. Mir said, it looks strange that this has been done by the BJP, which opposed it few years back while in opposition and terming it 'JAZIA' on pilgrims. It was abandoned by the UPA government on public demand but now when BJP is in power they have installed second toll plaza on highway which is extra burden on the pilgrims of Mata Vaishno Devi Ji and Shri Amar Nath Yatris. He said that people are additionally taxed at Lakhanpur, despite slogan of one nation-one tax, three toll plazas on the highway which is not only route of pilgrims but life line to the economy of the state especially Jammu region. It also carry wrong message in the entire country and would badly affect the tourism of state. He termed these steps as insensitive and without bothering for the woes of the common people and party would launch strong protest against this anti-people move of the Government. |
