Protesters Launch Hunger Strike Over Toll Tax in Mansehra
Residents of Ghazikot, traders and other community members introduced a hunger strike on Wednesday against toll collection at Khatain Da Galla on the Karakoram Highway, demanding that the toll point at the Mansehra-Abbottabad boundary be shut down.
Residents of Ghazikot, traders and other community members introduced a hunger strike on Wednesday against toll collection at Khatain Da Galla on the Karakoram Highway, demanding that the toll point at the Mansehra-Abbottabad boundary be shut down.
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Notably, the protesters remarked the district administration had allowed the collection point after commitments to widen the Karakoram Highway and construct underpasses and overhead bridges in Mansehra city and its surrounding areas. Malik Waheed remarked authorities had yet to carry out the promised work. NHMP Takes Legal Action Over Traffic Violations, Cash-Drop Scam.
Waheed remarked the National Highway Authority (NHA) had submitted a surety bond to the Peshawar High Court's Abbottabad circuit bench, undertaking to spend the toll revenue on widening the KKH and constructing the promised underpasses and overhead bridges.
He additionally maintained that the NHA collects toll tax at around six points within a five-kilometer radius along the Karakoram Highway and Hazara Expressway.
Notably, the protesters remarked the toll creates an further burden for individuals who travel between Abbottabad and Mansehra every day. Waheed remarked students and administration employees among other regular commuters pay Rs. 200 per trip. NHA to Engage Foreign Experts for Highway Design and Road Engineering.
He further remarked three groups had maintained the contract for the toll collection point and alleged that one of the groups stormed the facility and opened fire in an attempt to take possession of it. Stay Connected with ProPakistani.
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