noida members of the bahujan samaj party bsp in gautam budh nagar have threatened that they will take to protests on the streets of noida and greater noida if toll tax is levied on commuters who use the noidagreater noida expressway for intercity travel in a meeting of the local unit of the bsp in gautam budh nagar on saturday members said that an alternate mechanism should be put in place for allowing tollfree travel to intercity commuters and tax be levied only on those vehicles that move on to the yamuna expressway for travelling towards agra for commuters on the delhinoidagreater noida route it would be a great burden to pay toll taxes for the dnd flyover and then again for travelling on the noidagreater noida expressway said surendra naagar bsp mp of gautam budh nagar there are several commuters in sectors along the expressway too who would be burdened with the toll tax also there are several commuters who make multiple trips between the two cities the expressway should remain tollfree said naagar travel on the 234kmlong expressway that links the twin cities of noida and greater noida would as per an agreement signed between noida authority and the developer of yamuna expressway in 2003 be chargeable once the eway is opened as per the agreement the noidagreater noida expressway would also be given to the private developer once the yamuna eway is opened discussions were held at length in the meeting on several pending projects in the district which had been initiated by the erstwhile mayawati government including several bigticket public projects we had initiated these projects for the allround infrastructure development of the district if the sp government does not work towards completing these public projects we would intensify our protests said naagar certain reservations were also aired by the bsp over the opening of the yamuna expressway and the proposed toll tax on it we have demanded that the toll tax that is to be imposed for the usage of the yamuna eway be kept reasonable and farmers be made exempt from paying these taxes said naagar