Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde introduced on Monday that the Mumbai entry toll for mild autos might be waived in any respect 5 toll plazas on the metropolis’s entrances, efficient from 12 am on Tuesday.
This resolution comes simply days earlier than the Maharashtra Meeting elections and aligns with the state authorities’s current development of introducing voter-friendly initiatives.
The 5 toll plazas the place this waiver will apply are situated at Vashi, Airoli, Mulund (LBS Street), Mulund (Jap Specific Freeway), and Dahisar. Earlier this 12 months, the toll for mild autos was raised to Rs 45, as a part of a scheduled enhance each three years.
Since 2000, Mumbaikars have been paying tolls on the metropolis’s entry factors, a measure carried out by the Maharashtra Authorities to recoup prices related to the development of flyovers within the area. Over six lakh autos enter and exit Mumbai every day.
