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NEW DELHI: Union Minister for Roads, Transport and Highways Nithin Gadkari has made an important statement regarding toll tax.
Since the last working hours, news has been circulating on social media that the Narendra Modi government will suspend the rule of paying money at the toll gates. Regarding this, the Union Minister for Roads, Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari himself has given a clarification.
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In a podcast with independent journalist Shubhankar Mishra, when asked whether the toll imposed today has affected every middle class, Union Minister for Roads, Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari responded by saying, ‘We are taking the toll from the rich’.
Also, he has clearly said that he will not cancel this toll tax. When asked further does this mean that the toll tax will not be abolished in the future? Reply to this Nitin Gadkari said toll tax cannot be abolished, if you want better services you have to pay money.
Union Minister for Roads, Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari who spoke further said, Why am I working so much today? It is not just budget money that is responsible for why India’s road infrastructure is on par with America’s roads. I raised money from this. He said money was collected from people by taking loans from bonds and banks.
According to Nitin Gadkari, ‘A toll is given where there is economic growth, now the growth rate is high, but the per capita income is high and the number of vehicles is also high, there is a toll. Andhra Pradesh toll collects more money in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Delhi, Punjab and Haryana. But not so much from UP-Bihar, Jharkhand and Northeast.
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Further, Nitin Gadkari said, “The toll tax amount goes to the Union Finance Ministry. Then the ministry will increase the same amount for us,” he said. Giving an example, the Union Minister said that it used to take nine hours to travel from Mumbai to Pune, but now it takes two hours. Now there are seven hours of time and fuel left, he said.
Speaking about the traffic congestion problem, the minister said that if the peripheral ring road had not been built, he would not have been able to go home. He said there was a long jam of trucks at Dhaula Kuan.
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