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Chandigarh: The Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Hooda on Tuesday said the people in the state are being looted in the name of toll tax.
He alleged even after companies have recovered many times more than the investment they made the tolls have not been closed.
Hooda while giving the example of the Ghaggar toll plaza, Hooda said the cost of road construction is Rs 2,747 crore and the collection is Rs 4,489 crore, yet the toll is not being closed.
He said the latest information revealed through RTI has made it clear that in collusion with the BJP government, companies are making profits many times more than the cost in the name of toll tax. “The common people are being hit by taxes and inflation and the government is ignoring everything even after seeing it,” Hooda said in a statement.
Hooda said currently 57 toll plazas are engaged in the collection. “The time period of tax collection of Ghaggar and Gharaunda toll has ended. The companies have earned much more profit from there than the cost. Despite this, the collection of crores from the public continues there. There are many such toll plazas in the state, whose time period has either ended or the cost and profit have been recovered.”
According to the rules, they should be closed, but due to the connivance of the government, people are still being looted.
He further said that the rule is also that there should be a distance of at least 60 km between two tolls, but in Haryana, from GT Road to Sohna and Gurgaon. There are many such tolls where illegal collection is being collected.
