Opposing the draft Toll Policy, 2014, BNP on Tuesday alleged that the government has taken the decision only to plunder public money, as it did in rental power plants. “We think that the government has taken the decision to loot pocket public money as seen in quick rental power plants,” said BNP joint general secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi. The BNP leader came up with the remarks while addressing a press conference at BNP’s Nayapaltan central office in the city. “It’s a new technique of the government to repress people. The government has adopted the toll policy instead of securing public life and property where traffic jam is a common scenario on roads and highways apart from huge road fatalities.” The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the ‘Toll Policy, 2014′ aiming to bring the existing district, regional and national highways under toll coverage to help ensure development and maintenance of the countrywide road networks as well as boost the government’s revenue earnings. – UNB
