New Delhi, April 06: A petition was today filed in the Supreme Court alleging operation of an unholy nexus between National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and private companies engaged in toll collection across the country, which is causing a huge loss to public exchequer.
The PIL filed by an NGO, People?s Voice, sought a direction for settig up of an independent regulatory body to regulate and govern the collection in a transparent and accountable manner.
The NGO alleged decisions regarding amount of toll tax and period of time for toll tax collection are unjustified and un-rational and lack transparency and accountability.
The petitioner gave an example of the study conducted about the toll collection on Delhi-Gurgaon NH-8 and claimed there was a loss of about Rs 146 crore to government.
-Agencies