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‘Fokat ka kuch nahi milega,’ Union Minister Nitin Gadkari castigates journalist asking for a waiver of toll tax for media individuals

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Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, throughout an interplay with the media in Dausa, rebuked a journalist asking for a waiver of toll tax for media individuals. The journalist urged that each one NHAI (National Highways Authority of India) toll taxes needs to be waived for media professionals. In a witty response to journalist’s calls for, Gadkari stated he doesn’t endorse those that search issues free of charge.PC Times Now‘Fokat ka kuch nahi milega,’- Union Minister Nitin GadkariGadkari clearly refusing to endorse such practices stated that “Tum ko bilkul nahi milega. Main yeh fokat class ka samarthan nahi karta. Jis ko achhe road par jana hain usko paisa dena padega. Swatantrata sangramsenani, divyang, patrakar phir mahila. Ye dhandha bilkul bandh hain, aapko toll dena padega,” (You won’t get it at any value. I don’t endorse the ‘fokat class’. It is important to pay the toll as a way to journey on an excellent street. Be it freedom fighters, people with disabilities, journalists, or girls. This type of exercise just isn’t tolerated. You should pay toll).”🤣🤣🤣Transport Minister @nitin_gadkari provides actuality test to a journalist.pic.twitter.com/4fTGlYXUpj— Rahul Kaushik (@kaushkrahul) September 17, 2021‘Have to pay to travel in good roads’-Nitin GadkariWhereas defending the toll prices, Gadkari urged that folks need to pay for higher roads and infrastructure. He stated, “If you want to use an air-conditioned hall, you have to pay for it. Otherwise, you can arrange a marriage on a field as well.”He additional said that expressways assist in decreasing journey time together with gasoline prices. Gadkari added, “The Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will decrease travel time to 12 hours. A truck takes 48 hours to reach Mumbai from Delhi. But on the expressway, it will take only 18 hours.  “So, a truck will be able to undertake more trips, which would, in turn, mean more business.”READMORE: Delhi to Meerut in 45 minutes. Nitin Gadkari has made PM Modi’s dream a actualityGadkari reviewed Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (DME)The minister carried out a two-day aerial survey to overview the progress of the 1380-km eight-lane Delhi-Mumbai Expressway (DME) overlaying Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat in Sohna. During the overview, he urged the farmers who’ve their land close to the expressway, to accomplice with builders and construct roadside facilities. The freeway, which prices Rs 98,000 crore to develop, is predicted to be accomplished in March 2023. Moreover, the eight-lane access-controlled expressway is assumed to be expanded to a 12-lane expressway relying on future site visitors volumes.READ MORE: Nitin Gadkari – a minister who seldom talks however his work speaks for itselfConnectivity is important for the financial progress of any nation and the large funding made by the Modi authorities for the highways will assist the nation in reaching the goal of double-digit financial progress. Surely, the one who shall be credited as India’s ‘builder-in-chief’ is Nitin Gadkari.