‘Land of 40% Fee’: Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway Broken Days After Inauguration By PM Modi; Congress Slams BJP | Information

Congress right now slammed the ruling BJP in Karnataka after pics of the broken enlargement joint of the newly inaugurated Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway surfaced two days after the freeway was thrown open by PM Narendra Modi. Hitting out on the BJP, Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar accused the state authorities of taking a 40 per cent fee in improvement tasks. He claimed that nowhere on the planet does a street will get broken days after the inauguration.

“The place on the planet does a street turns into broken, a day after its inauguration? In Karnataka! Welcome to the Land of 40% Fee! The Bangalore-Mysore expressway determined to talk for itself, exposing as soon as once more deep-rooted corruption below BJP Govt!” stated Shivakumar in a tweet.

The place on the planet does a street turns into broken, a day after its inauguration?

In Karnataka!

Welcome to the Land of 40% Fee! 

The Bangalore-Mysore expressway determined to talk for itself, exposing as soon as once more deep rooted corruption below BJP Govt! pic.twitter.com/pR4RxyaauA
— DK Shivakumar (@DKShivakumar) March 15, 2023

Aam Aadmi Celebration has additionally slammed the BJP over the harm to the street. “A residing instance of Modi’s ‘corruption’! Modi inaugurated it 2 days again. Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway,” stated AAP sharing a photograph of the broken expressway.

Two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway, a number of outfits staged protests at a toll plaza yesterday, opposing the Nationwide Highways Authority of India’s (NHAI) determination to levy costs with out correct service roads and passes for native residents. Opposition Congress staff too joined the protesters and held demonstrations.

The protesters are against gathering toll charges till your entire undertaking is accomplished. They’ve additionally expressed reservations concerning service roads not being constructed, and the toll fee fastened being too excessive.

Being the primary day of toll assortment, some technical glitches additionally added to the chaos, making commuters wait for a very long time, attributable to congestion.

Many cab drivers, who commute on the stretch each day, hit out at NHAI authorities for mismanagement, charging excessive toll charges for brief distances, and no correct service street.

“I am going for 20 kilometres on this stretch, for which I’ve to pay Rs 147, the place ought to we go? If there was a correct service street, I would not have come right here, how ought to I’m going?” a taxi driver requested.

From Mandya, tomorrow, twelfth March, the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway could be devoted to the nation. The inspiration stone for the Mysuru-Kushalnagar freeway would even be laid. These tasks will enhance connectivity and socio-economic development. pic.twitter.com/VC4P0Lau7C
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 11, 2023

Talking in Bengaluru, Karnataka Congress President D Ok Shivakumar stated it was not proper for the Prime Minister to have inaugurated the Expressway, with out the completion of the undertaking and having no correct service roads to assist native residents. “It was carried out for the sake of politics forward of elections and never for the sake of individuals,” he asserted.

On March 12, Prime Minister Modi inaugurated the 118-km Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway undertaking. It would scale back the journey time between Bengaluru and Mysuru from round three hours to about 75 minutes, in line with officers.

The Rs 8,480 crore undertaking concerned six-laning of the Bengaluru-Nidaghatta-Mysuru part of NH-275, and can act as a catalyst for socio-economic improvement within the area, they stated. (With PTI Inputs)