Talks with Collector fail; protest against toll plaza to continue

The disturbance against toll postulation astatine the Kumbala-Arikkady toll plaza would continue, protesters announced connected Wednesday.

The determination followed a gathering betwixt District Collector K. Inbasekar and 5 MLAs from the district, which ended without immoderate agreement. Officials of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) maintained that toll postulation could not beryllium stopped, and it would proceed nether the existing system.

Meanwhile, the protestation by Manjeswaram MLA A.K.M Ashraf adjacent the Kumbala toll gross entered the 2nd time connected Wednesday. The protesters said the agitation would proceed until the issues affecting commuters were resolved.