SINCE its opening on January 12 this year, a total of 11,07,606 vehicles passed through Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL), popularly known as Atal Setu.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) collected a toll of Rs 22.57 crore from these vehicles. This was revealed in reply to an RTI application recently. According to the reply, bulk of the collection was from cars / jeeps / vans which passed through the road between January 12 and April 23, totalling 10.80 lakh. The total toll from these vehicles was Rs 20.15 crore while Rs 20.62 lakh was collected from 5,663 light commercial vehicles and minibuses that passed through the stretch during the above period.
Similarly, toll of Rs 59.70 lakh was collected from 7,842 buses and trucks that used the arterial road, while Rs 1.29 crore toll was paid by 10,062 MAVs (4-6 axle) and Rs 31.72 lakh was paid by 3,867 MAVs (3 axle), the RTI reply revealed. The total toll on MTHL is Rs 250 for the entire stretch from Sewri to Chirle, Navi Mumbai. The toll for Sewri to Shivaji Nagar (Ulwe), Navi Mumbai, is Rs 200. Return trip for passenger cars costs Rs 300, daily pass Rs 500 and monthly pass Rs 10,000.
The MTHL is a 21.8-km road bridge which is the longest sea bridge in the country connecting Sewri in South Mumbai and crossing Thane Creek north of Elephanta Island to terminate at Chirle village, near Nhava Sheva in Navi Mumbai.
The bridge gives faster connectivity with proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport, JNPT Port, Mumbai-Pune Expressway and the Mumbai-Goa Highway. On the Mumbai side, connectivity with coastal road is planned through the Sewri-Worli Elevated Connector project.
