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Toll is it justified?

Jul 4, 2014

A toll road is a public or private roadway on which a fee is collected for passage. It is a form of road pricing typically implemented to help cover the cost of road construction and maintenance, which amounts to a form of taxation. Any vehicle passing through toll roads have to pay the implemented charges. This money is collected at toll house or toll booths.

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The question here is -What are the benefits derived from it? Toll is basically collected to cover the cost of road and for its future maintenance. Agreed. As a citizen of India we have to be responsible and pay all the taxes. But is it really worth paying this tax? For instance crores of money is collected from Mumbai daily on the name of toll. A common man is forced to share his hard earned money on this toll booths.

The worst part here is that the potholes still exist on roads! They are not been fairly maintained. So where does the money go? The cost required for the maintenance of road is far less than the tolls collected. So where does our hard earned money go?

We should not refrain ourself from paying taxes. But at the same time we need an answer for our questions.
How long should we pay this toll?
How much money is collected per day?
How will the toll benefit you?

Ignorance of citizens in such matters lets the government impose few unnecessary charges on its citiens. And if they are really that necessary, then where is the mode of monitoring this system ? The people should not be scared of the government, the government should be scared of the people. And nothing is more dangerous than a awake common man.

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