With road works incomplete, people lay siege to toll plaza in Dindigul

Protesters lay siege to incomplete toll plaza in Dindigul, halting traffic flow, demanding completion of road works.

The general public and the AIADMK and BJP functionaries on Thursday staged a protest and laid siege to a newly constructed toll plaza at Anjukulipatti near Natham in Dindigul district.

The National Highways Authority of India had set up a toll plaza at Anjukulipatti on the Dindigul - Natham road. It was said that instead of laying a four-lane road, only road expansion work had been carried out and the work was incomplete.

Under these circumstances, NHAI officials visited the toll plaza for an inspection and installation of equipment on Thursday.

Irked by this, the public and the AIADMK and the BJP functionaries staged a protest and laid siege to the toll plaza halting vehicular movement.

They protested against the opening of the toll plaza as the road works were not completed. They expressed their displeasure to the officials.

The NHAI officials assured the people that necessary steps would be taken and then the toll plaza would come into operation. Later, the police dispersed the people. Traffic flow was affected for more than two hours on the stretch.

Earlier in March, the local residents had laid siege and vandalised a newly constructed toll plaza near Batlagundu in the district as steps were being taken to open it even before the road works had been completed.