SDPI holds 14 km padayatra demanding closure of Brahmarakootlu Toll Plaza on NH 75

SDPI Dakshina Kannada District president S. Anwar Sadath addressing participants at a padayatra taken out from Brahmarakootlu Toll Plaza to the District Office Complex in Mangaluru at Brahmarakootlu on NH 75 on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Addressing the participants at Brahmarakootlu, Mr. According to Sadath, the “illegal” toll collection has been causing severe inconvenience and loss to the road users for numerous years. The plaza was located precariously, without any facilities for road users and often causes a traffic gridlock. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). It maintains the highway between B.C. Road and Nanthoor in Mangaluru, has been collecting toll without any valid reasons, he said.

Mr. Sadath told the district administration that despite multiple demands produced to close the toll plaza, the administration had not acted upon them. If the administration does not act, the people would be forced to intensify the agitation, including picketing the NHAI office and other modes of protest, he stated.