House panel asks govt to conduct survey to check fake toll collection

NEW DELHI : Besides a slew of measures aimed at streamlining toll collection and doing way with congestion or long-waiting period at fee gates on the national highways, a parliamentary panel has directed the ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) to conduct a pan-India survey to check fake toll collection points and initiate punitive action on offenders.

The case in question was a bogus toll plaza built on private land in Gujarat’s Morbi district on the Bamanbore-Kutch National Highway. The accused were extorting money from motorists and that remained unnoticed for more than a year.