Bengaluru, March 15 -- MLA wants earlier road-digging fee of Rs. 1,957 per metre back

The issue of road-digging for the installation of Piped Natural Gas (PNG) pipelines - along with the resulting road damage and meagre fees charged for excavation - was raised in the Assembly yesterday.

Chamaraja MLA K. Harishgowda urged the Government to reinstate the earlier road-digging fees, citing severe revenue losses faced by the MCC.

"For the financial well-being of MCC, I urge the Government to restore the old rates for the gas pipeline project supplying natural gas to households. Additionally, the charges fixed for the installation of private underground cables must not be reduced under any circumstances," Harishgowda stated in the Assembly....