Under existing norms, there is a provision for validation of vehicle details after a FASTag has been issued. This will be discontinued from next month.
Hearing NHAI's challenge to Kerala HC order last week, the top court underscored that statutory rights to collect tolls could not be divorced from performance of statutory duties.
Pulling up road ministry, parliamentary panel pushed for rationalisation of toll collection on any highway stretch, and its reduction post recovery of capital & routine maintenance costs.
In letter to BMC official, Sena (UBT)'s Aaditya Thackeray says 'highways maintained by BMC but toll goes to Maharashtra govt'. MNS has highlighted issue of toll collection across state too.
The fee collection guidelines are still based on NH Fee Rules 1997. It's time to revisit these outdated fee rules and modify them to meet the current expectations, writes V. Subramanian.
Toll charges & receipts have been used previously for many feel-good hoaxes, like the one that claimed you do not need to pay toll for a 12-hr journey.
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.
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