What seem to be a good, beautiful, smooth ride in our highways turns out to be heart-burning when it comes to toll amount that is charged. Recently for my trip to Yercaud (Chennai - Krishnagiri - Salem - Yercaud route), I paid Rs. 242 each way thus Rs. 484 in total plus Rs. 15 for climbing the Yercaud mountain way. Rs. 500 spent for toll alone.
The perplexing aspect is the amount that is levied - it purely seem to be whims and fancies of the toll agency. There were totally 6 toll booths. The amount collected goes like this - Rs. 30, 25, 35, 45, 60, 47. The last one 47 is the most bizarre of all - they can very well charge 50
These highways are supposed to be built like this with the tax payers money as part of basic amenities. Now, we are given a picture as though these are built at very high expenditure and thus collect money from people
TOLLS are nothing, but just HIGHWAY ROBBERS
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