Urging the State Government to initiate action against Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE), the promoter of Bengaluru–Mysuru Infrastructure Corridor Project (BMICP), former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda on Sunday accused the company of increasing toll without permission of the Government.
“The company has violated all norms to increase toll unilaterally. Despite the House committee report in 2016 against collection of toll by the company, toll collection continues. Between 2016 and 2022, the company has collected a toll of about ₹2 crore to ₹3 crore daily,” he told presspersons here. “Has any official gone to the spot to inspect? Ministers also did not provide appropriate answers in the Legislative Council during a debate on the road issue recently,” he said.
Stating that the company had been collecting toll without the mandatory concrete road, he said that the successive Governments should have gone to court but have not done so.
