Atal Setu toll rates: Check the updated list on India's longest sea bridge connecting Mumbai
Mumbai, January 13
The 21.8-kilometre Atal Setu inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday will save time and fuel as well as reduce congestion and pollution but will be “under utilised” unless public transport buses ply on it, transport activists said.
Traffic police said the sea bridge would be thrown open to motorists from Saturday.
The Atal Setu, which is the longest bridge and seabridge in the country, is 21.8 kilometre long, including a 16.5 km portion over sea, and will reduce the distance from the metropolis to the Navi Mumbai International Airport and also cut travel time to major areas like Pune, the state’s second largest city, and further to Goa and the rest of south India.
As per some motorists, the Atal Setu will reduce the distance between Palasphe Phata in Panvel in neighbouring Raigad district and Mantralaya, the state secretariat in south Mumbai, by at least 5-6 kilometres as compared to the current route via Vashi Creek Bridge, which is around 53 kilometres.
It will save at least one hour of travel time, they said, though the government claimed it would be two hours.
A senior RTO official said the MTHL would have an open tolling system due to which vehicles won’t have to stop at the toll gates, a departure from the process of payment at booths on highways and other bridges.
Atal Setu will ease the burden on the heavily patronised Vashi Creek bridge, other motorists said.
The Mumbai traffic police have laid down a maximum speed of 100 kilometre per hour, and have barred access to two-wheelers and tractors.
As per the notification issued by the state government, light motor vehicles like cars and jeeps will have to pay singe-journey toll of Rs 250 between Sewri and Gavan, while this rate will be Rs 200 between Sewri and Shivaji Nagar and Rs 50 between Shivaji Nagar and Gavan.
For minibuses and multi-axle vehicles, the single journey toll rate between Sewri and Gavan will range from Rs 400 to Rs 1,500, while the same will be Rs 320 to Rs 1,255 between Sewri and Shivaji Nagar and Rs 80 to Rs 325 between Shivaji Nagar and Gavan, the notification said.
Return journey pass and daily pass will be one-and-half times and two-and-half times, respectively, of the one-way toll. The monthly pass rate has been fixed at 50 times the one-way toll, it said.
As per the notification, these toll rates will be applicable till December 31, 2024.
