Rs.250 one-way toll on Mumbai trans-harbour bridge (Atal Sethu) bothers many people
Rs.250 one-way toll on Mumbai trans-harbour bridge (Atal Sethu) bothers many people
The Atal Sethu bridge constructed at a whopping cost of Rs 17,843 crore (Rs 178.43 billion), connects Sewri in central Mumbai to Chirle in Navi Mumbai, which saves commute time more than and expected to cater to 70,000 vehicles daily.
For those residing in central and south Mumbai and need to connect to Panvel area and also the upcoming Navi Mumbai international airport, this bridge is much beneficial as far as time factor is concerned.
For People staying in the hinterlands of Mumbai and coming to Mumbai (via the MTHL) it will be affordable for them to stay over there (in Navi Mumbai-Panvel region) and travel 25 km (or more) to the Mumbai Island City for employment and go back to their homes. They will be commuting, and this will help them.
In the same way, people from South Mumbai or living in the Island City of Mumbai can go to Navi Mumbai for work in offices or manufacturing factories located over that side of the MTHL. There will be an exchange of traffic from this side and that side.
The number of people at present traveling daily to and from is not known yet and this calculation will come from MMRDA.
All said Rs 250 as one-way toll is too expensive to cross the MTHL. Many people are complaining on the price factor.
While the National Highway Authority of India has its own norms, Bandra-Worli Sea Link has its own norms and the Samruddhi (Mahamarg) Expressway (Mumbai-Nagpur) has its norms. They have certain methods on which they calculated the toll and they are varied somewhat.
The base price for cars was the lowest from the Maharashtra government and it was the highest from the Bandra-Worli Sea link.
News Edit K.V.Raman
