Dahisar toll naka – All you need to know

Mumbai Metro City

6 years ago

Dahisar Toll Naka History:

During mid-90s there weren’t many flyovers in Mumbai. The Marine Drive and Byculla “Y” flyovers were the oldest flyovers. The Western Express Highway and Eastern Express Highway had dozens of traffic signals.
During 1996–99 under the Shiv Sena-BJP government, Nitin Gadkari then the PWD minister took on the task of the Mumbai Pune Expressway and the construction of 55 highways in Mumbai cities, particularly along the two highways. To fund the construction of signals it was decided that every vehicle entering the city would be charged a toll at Mulund, Sion, Dahisar, Vashi and Airoli.

Dahisar Toll Naka built.

All five entry points to Mumbai namely Mulund, Sion, Dahisar, Vashi and Airoli. toll collection contract awarded to MEP INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPERS LTD. (where MEP stand for Mumbai End Points)

Five entry points located on

Sion–Panvel Highway,
Western Express Highway
Eastern Express Highway,
LBS Marg and
Airoli Bridge corridor in Mumbai

Dahisar Toll Naka Contract Period:

Contract Started on 01.12.02 to 30.11.08 & thereon on extension up to 19.11.10.
Another 16 years extension from Concession Commencement date i.e. November 20, 2010

Another 16 years extension from November 20, 2010 to November 19, 2026

Project Details
Maintenance of, and collection of toll at, the five Mumbai Entry Points along with 27 flyovers and certain allied structures on the Sion–Panvel Highway, the Western Express Highway corridor, the Eastern Express Highway corridor, the Lal Bahadur Shashtri Marg corridor and the Airoli Bridge corridor. Collection of toll at five entry points into Mumbai consisting of five toll plazas at Airoli, Vashi, Dahisar, Mulund on Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg and Mulund on Eastern Express Highway.
Amount Paid to Authority MSRDC – Upfront Payment of INR 21,000 Mn

Source – http://www.mepinfra.com – See below website print screen:

Dahisar Toll Naka – Toll Collection report by Mid-Day:

Mumbai Entry Points Ltd (MEPL), the toll collection company is responsible to collect the tolls at five entry points in Mumbai. On Sep 21, 2014, MEPL Director Jayant Mahiskar said to Mid-Day that – “The 16-year lease for the toll points is passed by the High Court. Neither MSRDC nor the state government has issued any closure order of Dahisar Toll Plaza.”

The MSRDC website also states that by the end of their contract period, it is expected to earn around Rs. 11,545.43 crore. According to the contract, MEPL’s toll collection will remain effective till November 2026, during which they will also maintain 27 flyovers of Western, Eastern and Sion-Panvel Highways.

Why Dahir toll naka should be close or move?

Its nightmare people residing nearby area or who come to Mumbai to cross Dahisar Toll Naka. Nearby resident of Mira Road, Bhayandar and Dahisar are worst sufferer.

4,000-5,000 Number of vehicles going though the Dahisar Toll Naka per hour on an average

Failed Attempts to close or Shift Dahisar toll Naka:

Aug 2019, MP Gopal Shetty, who represents Mumbai North where Dahisar falls, told DNA that –

“I am confident that by Diwali (2019), the toll plaza will be shifted further to the old octroi naka, which will bring a huge respite to several people in Dahisar and Borivali. I have been constantly following up on this issue for the past few months,” He said he had a detailed discussion with road minister Nitin Gadkari. “He clearly told me that if it was in his hands, he would have done it immediately. But it is up to the state government. I will be soon meeting revenue minister Chandrakant Patil to get the work of shifting the toll plaza completed,” he said.

On 11 Aug 2018, Geeta B Jain Ex-Mayor of MBMC (now MLA), surprised everyone by announcing Shifting of Dahisar toll naka out of the city. In her tweets, She said –

“Mira road toll free very soon thank you gopal shetty ji and central minister Nitin Gadkariji”. She also thanks Road Transport & Highways Minister Shri. Nitin Gadkari & MP from Mumbai North Shri. Gopal Shetty for this work.