Bravo, entry tax!
Allen Noronha,
I wish to congratulate our State Government for imposing such a tax as the recent entry on non- Goan vehicles entering our State.
Goa offers the best of roads, best of street lights on every road to any one who wants to drive or be driven.
I drive very frequently to Pune, Mumbai and Bangalore. While driving on any road out of the border of Goa one has to spend a minimum Rs. 800 on the Maharashtra State Road to reach Mumbai, Pune or Bangalore. If you use the express highway you should be ready to shell around Rs. 1000 to Rs. 1200 depending on where your destination is. From Mumbai to Gujurat or Andra Pradhesh, the same toll is applicable. Goa is the only state that was lacking this form of toll. And this tax unlike other states , is levied only at entry point, whereas the above mentioned states levy such a tax at entry and exit points. The second experience is an interaction that I had with the truck drivers. They once told me at a dhabha on the highway that ours was the only State where they could drive so freely without any much damage to their vehicles, not even a regular otherwise common puncture!
I feel the Goa government should be firm and should not allow the tax to be reversed or abolished.
