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Kerala highway mess: SC slams NHAI for jams
Orissa POST
|August 19, 2025
The Supreme Court, Monday, questioned the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on why commuters should pay tolls when it takes 12 hours to travel from one end of the National Highway 544 in Kerala to the other during weekends.
A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai and Justices K Vinod Chandran and NV Anjaria also asked whether the NHAI should compensate people for their patience and fuel lost while waiting 12 hours in a traffic snarl.
"The CJI Gavai-led Bench was hearing a clutch of petitions, including a special leave petition (SLP) filed by the NHAI, challenging a Kerala High Court decision to temporarily suspend toll collection at the Paliyekkara ‘Toll Plaza on the Edappally-Mannuthy National Highway, near Kochi, citing the authorities’ failure to resolve the severe traffic congestion in the area.
This story is from the August 19, 2025 edition of Orissa POST.
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