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: Chief Minister S.M. Krishna's announcement on Thursday morning scrapping the much-hyped ELRTS project has raised doubts about the cess that Bangaloreans have been paying to fund the project.
However, the state government officials allayed fears and insisted it would be used to fund other projects. The government imposed the ELRTS cess at 5 paise per litre of petrol, when the project was given the green signal.
It was subsequently amended to Infrastructure Cess in 1998, with the Bangalore Mass Rapid ...