Udupi: Hejamady villagers want demands met before new tollgate construction begins


Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (SP)

Udupi, May 25: Residents of Hejamady village urged the concerned suspend the works, and resume the construction of tollgate near Hejamady Guddeyangadi only after meeting their demands like drinking water supply, provision of street lights, and construction of three bus shelters.

Currently, the tollgate is located on national highway 66 at Hejamady Bastipadpu. Taking advantage of an existing road via Guddeyangadi and Kannagar, many vehicles have been moving on this road that connects national highway beyond the tollgate, and thus depriving the tollgate operators of legitimate revenue. Navayuga Company, which manages this tollgate, had begun to dig the PWD road to build tollgate there two years ago but the gram panchayat had opposed the move. The panchayat had demanded that the company should meet certain basic requirements of Hejamady village before going ahead with tollgate construction.

Bending under pressure, the district administration had made the company to suspend the work and promised the village to provide basic amenities as demanded. None of these demands have been met. Since the last two days, as per permission obtained from National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), tollgate construction has been undertaken at Guddeyangadi. Hejamady gram panchayat president, Vishalakshi Puthran, vice president, Sudhakar Karkera, gram panchayat members and villagers went to the spot and urged the concerned to stop tollgate work.

The policemen, on this occasion, obtained a copy of the proceedings recorded at the special Gram Sabha convened on October 23, 2017, in the presence of project director of NHAI, Vijayakumar Samson and other officials, and sent the villagers away by promising to speak to the concerned.

Padubidri station house officer, Sathish, clarified that work on tollgate cannot be suspended as district administration has given its consent for the work. He asked the gram panchayat president to approach the deputy commissioner of the district. Vishalakshi explained that the gram panchayat and villagers are not opposed to development. She said that at a meeting attended by the deputy commissioner, the deputy commissioner had orally instructed the company to meet certain demands of the villagers which had been conveyed to the deputy commissioner who was present at the meeting.

Taluk panchayat member, Renuka Puthran, former member, Sachin G Nayak, gram panchayat members and others were present.

 

  

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  • Neville, Mangalore

    Sat, May 26 2018

    All toll gates owned by politicians chamchas.

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  • Amar Padil, Mangalore

    Fri, May 25 2018

    Jossey, chill u live in Mumbai have few chakna and enjoy u r evening don't take too much on your heart.

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  • Amith, USA

    Fri, May 25 2018

    If NHAI construct Toll Gates , at every 5 kms. undivede DK people can't move a piece of stone around. DK people want only Hindutva over the Peaceful life otherwise they wouldn't have chosen such candidates, who know only to protest for everything, over Madhwaraj and JRL, . DK people have proved that they are one step Ahead of UP people!!!!! Toll-Gates at SURATKAL & HAJMADY are day time LOOT by FEKU government!!!!!! I wish there should be Toll-Gates at every 5kms from Mangalore to Kundapur!!!!!!

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  • Prashant Karkera, Hejamady/Mumbai

    Fri, May 25 2018

    Its utter menace that heavy vehicles moving through Hejamady internal town road to avoid toll tax.
    Internal road is too narrow and crowded most of the day time.
    Few months back we started stopping these vehicles, insist them to take U-turn and go back and pass through toll road (NH-66).
    Now in day time heavy vehicles don't move, but in the night they just fly through this road.
    Its necessary to construct toll collection gate even in the old road, But KA-19 & Ka-20 private vehicles should be exempted.

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  • Praveen, Mangalorean

    Fri, May 25 2018

    Why they need 2 tollgate within 10 kms who is running this to loot us??

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  • Haneef, Mangalore

    Fri, May 25 2018

    People of DK and Udupi district devided on communal lines , lack of unity amongst citizens made everyone to suffer . Taking undue advantages of disunity politicians and construction companies looting us day and night that’s all. Central government is responsible for this daytime loot.

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  • Ozy, Surathkal

    Fri, May 25 2018

    What is the fate of NITK toll gate just 8 k,m from the Hejamady toll. Nobody talks of this and the NHAI is looting the public.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Fri, May 25 2018

    I wonder who is eager to pocket the Toll Money ...

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