Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said that people have to pay toll if they want good roads, making it clear that the toll system would stay as the government does not have enough funds.
Replying to a discussion on demands for grants for the Road Transport and Highways Ministry in the Lok Sabha, he said that the government built 40,000 kilometres of highway in the last five years.
Amid concerns expressed by some members over collection of toll in different parts of the country, Gadkari said that that money collected through toll from those areas which have capacity to pay are utilised for building roads in rural and hilly areas.
