The Pioneer its February 14, 2022 edition had published a news titled "Encroachment on service road on Indore Dewas road" which is 45.05 kms long six lane road which starts from Rau square till Dewas and is part of Agra Bombay national highway and the contract of maintenance and toll collection was done by Gayatri Highways.
Due to bad condition and encroachment on service road which is running parallel to the six-lane express road on both the sides.
The residents of various colonies and the students of various schools and colleges located besides the six lane are forced to move on expressway as the service road is in poor condition and unserviceable.
In the latest development few days back the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has terminated the contract of toll operator company Gayatri Highways and has given the contract of toll collection to PATH Company for initial three months. The PATH company will pay around 25 lakhs per day as tax to the NHAI Government of India.
In the return, now NHAI will directly maintain the Rau Dewas six lane including the maintenance of service roads. According to sources the service roads on both the sides of these six lanes will be transferred to the Indore municipal corporation for maintenance in near future.