Collect toll tax from outsiders only: CPI(M)

State Secretary CPI(M) Gh Nabi Malik has said that the decision of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to levy toll tax from local vehicles at a newly-established toll plaza on Srinagar-Jammu national highway in Sangam area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district is a harsh move and must be revoked immediately.

“The toll tax shall be collected from only outsiders and notfrom local people. Such a harsh move will have a tremendous impact on trade andcommerce and as such should be done away with immediately,” CPI(M) said.

   

“People in Kashmir are already bearing the brunt of twice aweek ban on the movement of vehicles on the highway and the new measure willcripple the already fragile economy of the Valley further”.

The party said that the transporters, who have taken theirvehicles on loan from different financial institutions and are paying heavyinterest, are suffering huge losses due to prevailing situation in Kashmir.

“The new measure of charging heavy tax from them will be ahuge burden on them,” the party said. “If the order is not revoked, thetransporters will increase the fare, which will be burden on poor people. Weassure the transporters and common people of our full support to protestagainst this arbitrary decision”.

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