Mangaluru: Talapady Residents formed a human chain near Talapady toll gate against the toll being charged to the city buses due to which the buses have stopped crossing the gate. The protestors alleged that charging of toll fares to the buses have increased the ticket fares and have also made many buses not to ply till […]

Mangaluru : The local commuters along National Highway 66 in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts continued their opposition to toll collection With FASTag  from local commuters through the highway at four toll plazas.   Concerned citizens in Dakshina Kannada submitted a memorandum to Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari through MP and State BJP president […]

Udupi : The Canara Bus Operators Association will hike bus fare of inter-district service Mangaluru or Kundapur buses on February 17 due to collection of toll at the toll plazas at Hejmady and Sasthan in Udupi district. Addressing presspersons here on Wednesday, Sadananda Chatra, vice-president of the association, said that toll collection had started at […]

Udupi: The police arrested 67 persons for violating prohibitory orders and protesting against collection of toll about a kilometre from the toll plaza here on Saturday. The district administration had on Friday clamped prohibitory orders under Section 144 of Criminal Procedure Code in a 2-km radius of the toll plaza both at Sasthan and Hejmady […]

Hejmady: The police arrested 31 persons after they protested against toll collection at the Toll Plaza here on Friday. The protesters, who include leaders and members of Hejmady Nagarika Samiti, have given a call for Udupi district bandh on February 13 on the issue. After the district administration gave its nod on Thursday, toll collection began […]

Padubidri: Kapu MLA Vinay Kumar Sorake on Wednesday said, If Navayuga Company starts collecting toll at Hejamadi toll gate without completing four laning works of national highway, then we will call for Dakshina Kannada district bandh protesting the toll collection, a symbolic protest staged before Hejamadi toll gate against proposed toll collection. MLA added that […]

Ullal: Toll collection has begun amid protests on Talapady toll gate on Wednesday morning. As many as 12 protesters have been arrested by the police when they tried to stop toll collection in the gate physically. However, the toll collection resumed soon after their arrest. Earlier, the protesters including locals, congress workers, traders, members of […]

Mangaluru: “The concerned officials are planning to collect toll at Talapady toll gate without completing even 95% of the national highway expansion related works. If the company in charge for toll collection tries to collect toll then, the Tulunadu Rakshana Vedike with the support of locals will stage protest against toll collection,” said Tulunadu Rakshana […]

Mangaluru: While the Navayuga Udupi Tollway Pvt., Ltd., was all geared up to collect toll at three plazas on the four-laned National Highway 66 between Talapady and Kundapura from Tuesday at midnight, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) put the proposal on hold temporarily. The concessionaire had issued a detailed advertisement providing details of […]

Mangaluru: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is all set to commence toll collection at the three toll plazas on the four-lane National Highway 66 between Talapady and Kundapura anytime this month. While toll-rate boards have come up at all the three plazas in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts, the NHAI project director’s office […]