Maharashtra govt to announce new toll policy

Maharashtra government will announce a new toll policy, Public Works Minister Chhagan Bhujbal informed the legislative council here on Friday. The government has closed 67 toll plazas and announced that it will wind up an additional 44, Bhujbal said, while replying to a Calling Attention notice by Congress MLC Sanjay Dutt.

The new toll policy is before the Cabinet and court, he said. It has been formulated by taking into account suggestions of the toll experts suggested by social activist Anna Hazare, he said. There are 0.25 million km of roads in the state of which only two per cent are toll roads, Bhujbal said.