Dodging potholes on the pockmarked Satara highway has become challenging for motorists, triggering a demand to suspend toll collection on the stretch till it becomes motorable.
Following multiple complaints, district collector Naval Kishore Ram has finally written to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to take appropriate action against the contractor, hinting at the possibility of shutting down the Khed Shivapur toll plaza.
The long-pending work of the 14-year-old Pune-Satara national highway began in 2010 and was to be completed by March 2013, but it’s been more than six years and the work is still pending. The expansion work has resulted in a chaos of traffic and an increase in toll charges.
