Mangaluru: Surathkal toll gate to be shifted to NMPT

Mangaluru: Surathkal toll gate will be shifted to the premises of the New Mangalore Port Authority (NMPA).

The Road Transport and Highways minister Nitin Gadkari instructed the NHAI to shift the toll gate to NMPA area as the toll gate at Surathkal has been causing inconvenience to people, during a meeting of a delegation consisting of Members of Parliament under the leadership of MP Nalin Kumar Kateel.

Only vehicles which enter and exit from the port will have to pay the toll, informed Kateel

The Minister also instructed the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to widen the highway stretch from Mani to Sampaje as a four-lane highway and widen the stretch from Sampaje to Madikeri, Mr. Kateel said.

Mahaveer Singh, member, NHAI (toll), R.K. Pandey, member, NHAI, and other senior officials were present in the meeting, he said.