Toll collection from 10 state Highway including Karkala–Padubidri to begin soon
Bengaluru: Karnataka’s ten state highways will reportedly begin collecting tolls from travellers passing through the highway. The review of bids placed by private companies to undertake toll collection from the 10 highways’ in the state is currently underway. Shimoga – Shikaripura- Ganagal, Karkala – Padubidri, and Davanagere Birur state highways are included in the list, the deccanherald.com has reported.
Under the Karnataka State Highway Improvement Project of the Department of Public Works (K-ship), construction of 31 state highways was undertaken throughout the state, and in this regard, four of the highways were established under the government and private partnership. Toll collection was reportedly already occurring on these routes. From the remaining 27 roads, commuters have been paying the toll amount in various places for several years, it is learned.
An official with the KRDCL has informed that “The tender scrutiny committee has already finalized the bids for the 10 roads, which have been under use for some time now. We are waiting for the government’s approval following which toll collection will begin,” he said.
He also explained that apart from the maintenance cost, the fixed toll amount was set in place to recover the amount needed to repay the loans taken from various agencies for the project, which includes the World Bank.
The passengers using the Padubidri- Karkala, Gubbi – Chandrashekharapura, Yadiyuru-Koudli-Mandya, Hanagal- Thadasa Road, Shimoga – Shikaripura- Hanagal, Thinthani – Devadurga –Kalmala, Savadatti – Badami –Kamathagi, Bellary –Moka, Davanagere –Birur and Kodlagi –Sanduru –Thoranagal routes will be subjected to toll collection in a month’s duration, sources revealed.
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K’taka Govt. appoints additional 8 officers to SIT probing Prajwal Revanna sex scandal case
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Government on Saturday announced that it has appointed 8 additional officers to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating the alleged sex assault involving Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna.
The newly appointed officers are SP C.A. Simon, PI Ravganesh Jarnadhan, CPI Sridhar B.S, ASI Allabaksha, Head Constable Saraswati, and Constables S.N. Mamata, Jafar Sadik, and Harish Babu. This decision follows the appointment of 18 personnel to the team last week, with ADGP BK Singh leading the investigation.
