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"Upon peoples' request, I asked the authorities concerned including NHAI not to shift the toll plaza to Lankelapalem from Aganampudi. Sources claimed the personal interests of some politicians getting harmed was the reason behind NHAI authorities not going ahead with the plan. "We had proposed to shift the toll plaza from Aganampudi to Lankelapalem. When constructed before 2005, the toll plaza was outside the purview of the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, but now it has come under the corporation limits.Nearly 1,000 four wheelers and more than 400 APSRTC buses daily cross the plaza Following the protests, the NHAI had decided to relocate the plaza from Aganampudi to Lankelapalem more than six months ago.However, when TOI inquired about the status of the toll plaza on Monday, locals, NHAI officials as well as elected representatives said there is no progress on the proposal..