VJAS support stir against “TOLL-PLAZA” Exploitation: Demands to
scrap all Toll-Plaza in vidarbha
Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti activist group has come out openly to support Shivsena and all party action committee stir
against rampant corruption and massive exploitation at
all Toll-Plazas throughout Kolhapur and
demanded the urged to scrap all BOT agreements allowing such Toll collection centers
where roads are even completed and damaged and ten time
cost of the project is recovered being operated in to alleged nexus in political leaders, babus and contractors even
judiciary is being used to legitimize this illegal Toll Gate scam by giving
misleading information’s before all toll
booths are set on fire like Kolhapur metro , Kishore
Tiwari President VJAS informed in press
release today.
In vidarbha which is backward region of Maharashtra hundreds
of BOT roads needlessly constructed with giving exaggerated cost escalations in
some cases 10-20 times from real cost of construction ,some of four lane roads
have been replaced by good working condition two lane road even when there was
no vehicular traffic on the route ,most of BOT operator in vidarbha is business
partner of political party in power or main opposition party and this fact is
known to all section of civil society and media till crop of Toll Plaza is mushrooming day by
day even after there is strong protest from local residents but powerful mafias
are just suppressing the unrest with
muscle power and political-administrative protection and revolt like Kolhapur
is only solution for illumination of Toll-Raj in vidarbha, Tiwari added.
‘Vidarbha there is massive backlog of road and under
constitutional provision of section 371,Govt. should pay the real cost of
project and scarp all agreement of going
or existing BOT road project other wise Toll-Plaza will give humiliating
defeat like Delhi to Maharashtra Govt.’. Tiwari warned .
“Govt. should look in to facts of the study report 2013 done
by the Transport Corporation of India and IIM Calcutta that Slow truck speeds
on highways and delays at toll plazas are costing the country about Rs.60,000
crore a year, but recent facts are more shocking that more than Rs.60,000
crore by the BOT operators by way
collecting unjustified and unlawful levy
from innocent transporters lastly poor common man has to pay it hence whole issue on going TOLLGATE scam is
national issue not limited to Maharashtra and now time has come to brake this unholy cartel of top political leaders to
stop this flood of tolls and people will have liberty to move freely in this so
called liberated democratic India” Tiwari added.
The unholy cartel of Babus-political leaders-contractors and
blind eye of media and judicial system as open as sunlight can be seen on
NAGPUR-CHANDRAPUR, NAGPUR –AMARAVATI AND NAGPUR –HYDRABAD highways and we are
ready provide more concrete documentations of stage managed contracts and
exaggerated estimate and then over valued toll-tax collection hence we demand
the complete judicial probe over ‘TOLL-GATE’ scam which is much higher than
‘COAL-GATE’ scam, Tiwari added.
‘Last anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare demanded closer of all Tolls and threaten stir and
surprisingly PWD Minister of Maharashtra
closed more than 27 MSSRDC tolls to pacify Annaji but after three month all tolls were
reopened ,it shows that tolls are being opened and run as per wish and will of
minister and unholy nexus between political parties are allowing the misdeed to
continue that much more humiliating hence we are supporting stir and will take
this issue to all legal forum of redressal ’ Tiwari said .
“the process of multiple tax collection and allowing the BOT
Bazar in this country is matter of
serious implications to fundamentals rights of innocent masses and open support
of main opposition parties is matter of
shame as people who are fighting against corruption and promoting scams which
is unfortunate but people of this country will punish all these TOLL-GATE
scammers” Tiwari added.
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