Saturday, September 1, 2012

HC vacates stay on toll collection

ROAD TO BIA
HC vacates stay on toll collection

Get set to pay toll if you are heading to Bengaluru International Airport (BIA).The high court on Thursday vacated the stay order of a lower court in Devanahalli,on the collection of toll on the road leading to BIA.
Justice Ravi Malimath passed the order after hearing a petition filed by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
This means commuters will have pay up the toll.`We have not yet received the court order copy.We will take a decision on when we will commence collecting the toll once we go through the order, said NHAI officials.
In April 2012,the JMFC court in Devanahalli had stayed the collection of toll following applications filed by several advocates complaining against Navayuga Constructions,the contractors and the NHAI.The applicants had claimed that the toll was causing a burden on farmers who use the airport road to ferry agricultural produce to Bangalore and other towns.

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