What?

We demand that the tolls at Dahisar (Western Express Highway) and Mulund (Eastern Express Highway) be scrapped immediately.

Why? 

Mumbaikars are paying twice, unfairly, for using the same roads, that are badly maintained too.

We pay direct taxes like “street tax” to the Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and a toll tax to the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), that has nothing to do with the Western Express Highway and Eastern Express Highway now, since the roads have been handed over to the BMC. 

How?

We pay direct taxes to BMC, that is now in charge of maintaining these 2 highways, since November 2022. If our tax money (paid to BMC) is now being used to maintain them, then what are we paying the toll tax to MSRDC for? 

These highways have been handed over to the BMC without handing over any revenue from toll tax and advertisement hoarding revenues. They still go to the MSRDC. 

Why now and not earlier?

The Western & Eastern Express Highways have been handed over to the BMC only in November 2022.

Earlier, it was the MSRDC that collected toll tax for maintaining the highways. Now it longer does.
Hence, this demand now.

When must it stop?

Now!

Lakhs of Mumbaikars and citizens of neighbouring cities have been paying Toll Tax unfairly, and opaquely to an organisation that has now nothing to do with the roads we pay toll for! 

This has been happening since November 2022.

Scrapping the Toll Nakas on WEH and EEH will not only make it fair in terms of taxation, but will also help save time, money and efforts of lakhs of citizens using these roads.