Maharashtra cabinet extends Atal Setu EV toll relief, clears key infra projects day post Mahayuti victory in BMC polls

The Maharashtra cabinet cleared a raft of major infrastructure, transport, housing and administrative decisions, offering relief to commuters, pushing its key urban and development projects forward, a day after the BJP-led Mahayuti’s decisive civic poll victory.

The cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, extended the toll exemption for electric vehicles on the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Shivdi–Nhava Sheva Atal Setu by another year, easing costs for EV users.

It also approved the revised cost and the state’s share of the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP-2), a key initiative aimed at strengthening suburban rail services and improving urban mobility in Mumbai.


In a significant housing push, the cabinet cleared the Mumbai Police Housing Township project, under which 45,000 homes will be constructed for police personnel across Mumbai and its suburbs.

Among other key decisions, the cabinet approved the waiver of premium for a plot in Navi Mumbai, allotted to the Tirupati Devasthanam for constructing the Padmavati Devi temple. It also cleared the restructuring of 1,901 posts in the Directorate of Economics and Statistics and approved its renaming as the Commissionerate of Economics and Statistics.

Additionally, it also approved revised staffing patterns for district planning committees, divisional commissioner offices, and special development programmes.

To boost public transport, the cabinet sanctioned a direct payment mechanism under the PM e-Drive scheme for procuring 1,000 electric buses for Pune, with payments routed directly from Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal corporations to suppliers.

On the agriculture front, the government approved setting up a multi-modal hub and terminal market for fruits and vegetables at Bapgaon in Thane district, with 7.96 hectares of land allotted for export-oriented facilities including cold storage, packaging, irradiation and vapour heat treatment.

(With inputs from PTI)