Archive · 9 Aug 2026
Kumaraswamy urges Bengaluru residents to stop paying NICE Road toll
A minister named H D Kumaraswamy is telling people in the city of Bengaluru not to pay money to drive on a special road called NICE Road.
NICE Road charges drivers a fee called a toll.
He wants the toll to stop being collected within ten days.
Kumaraswamy is a leader of a political party called JD(S).
The JD(S) has been against this road project since it first began.
They say the project was unfair and had illegal and deceptive practices.
Kumaraswamy said the government is 'robbing people' through the toll.
He asked the people of Bengaluru to support them by refusing to pay.
A deadline of a week or ten days was announced for ending toll collection.
The NICE Road is located in Bengaluru, India.
Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy appealed to Bengaluru residents not to pay toll at the NICE Road corridor.
He set a deadline of 10 days to stop collecting toll on the Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE) Road.
The JD(S) has been fighting the NICE project since its inception, alleging illegalities and deception.
Kumaraswamy said the party decided to stop the government that is 'robbing people through toll.'
He gave a deadline of 'a week or 10 days' for the toll collection to end.
- Who
- H D Kumaraswamy, Union Minister and JD(S) second-in-command
- What
- Appealed to Bengaluru residents not to pay the NICE Road toll and announced a 10-day deadline to stop toll collection.
- When
- Saturday
- Where
- NICE Road corridor, Bengaluru
- Why
- The JD(S) alleges illegalities and deception in the NICE Road project and says the government is robbing people through tolls.
- Minister
- H D Kumaraswamy
- Political Party
- JD(S)
- Location
- NICE Road corridor, Bengaluru
- Road Operator
- Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE)
- Deadline
- 10 days (a week or 10 days)
- Allegations
- Illegalities and deception in the project
- Appeal
- People asked to stop paying toll