 Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 15: Traders Federation Ware House-Nehru Market Jammu has demanded the abolition of toll plazas in Ban, Sarore and Hiranagar with Lakhanpur toll tax.
The federation has demanded the Central Government should remove these toll tax plazas and give Diwali gift to the nationalist peoples of Jammu. The federation said that the nationalists people of Jammu have always supported the Centre and it was on the strength of the nationalist forces of Jammu, the central government managed to remove Articles 370 and 35A.
Now the time has come for the Central Government to provide some relief to Jammu, which has been suffering from repression for the last seven decades, and it can be started as a gift of Diwali by abolishing all kinds of tolls from Jammu.
On Tuesday, an emergency meeting of the Federation was conveyed under the chairmanship of President Ratan Lal Mahajan to discuss the situation arising out of the Sarora toll plaza, while third one in pipeline at Rajbagh/Hira Nagar. Terming it unjustified and unfair, Deepak Gupta, General Secretary said that it is very unfortunate.
He criticized NHAI for installation of another toll plaza at Sarore on Jammu-Lakhanpur highway, while third one is in the pipeline on this route amounts to citizens over taxing the people in the already economically distressed atmosphere.
"When the people are paying hefty road tax imposed by Motor Vehicle department, isn't the toll tax in the prevalent scenario unjustified and defied all logic?", he questioned. |
