The government has also proposed a budgetary support to the MSRDC during 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 if there will be fall in the toll collection in the wake of revision of rates. However, for next three years, state government will provide grants to the Msrdc to make up the losses in the toll collection.

The state cabinet, which cleared these proposals, would put them before the Mumbai high court during hearing on writ petitions on September 23. The chief minister NarayanRane and the deputy chief minister Gopinath Munde though admitted that the state cabinet had approved these proposals, did not divulge further details. Rane and Munde however, said the revised toll rates would continue for next three years and added that both GMMC and TMC have agreed to provide financial assistance.

The revised toll rates include: Light Motor Vehicles as defined in Motor Vehicles Act 1988 (59 of 1988) - car, jeep (having carriage capacity upto 12 passengers excluding driver) such as Tata Sumo, Commander - Rs 15 (old rate was Rs 20), mini bus or any other similar vehicles (having carraige capacity of more than 12 and upto 20 passengers excluding driver) and goods carriage vehicles and other vehicles -Rs 20 (Rs 25), trucks and buses - Rs 40 (Rs 50) and heavy motor vehicles such as truck trailer, multi axle vehicles -Rs 50 (Rs 100).

Motor cycle, scooter, moped or any other two wheeler, tractor with unladen trolley and auto rikshaw registered to carry three persons have been exempted fromthe payment of tolls.

For car, jeep passing through the toll stations at Vashi on Sion Panvel highway only, the monthly charges will be Rs 500 while for the same vehicles passing through Mulund-LBS marg, Mulund on Eastern express highway, Dahisar on Western express highway, Vashi on Sion-Panvel highway and Airoli Bridge, the monthly charges will be Rs 600. For the vehicles other than above, if the vehicle owner purchases toll coupon book in advance containing 50 or 100, then he will be given a discount of 25 per cent and 50 per cent respectively.

The government had estimated a toll collection of Rs 110 crore as per the previous rates while it would reduce to Rs 66.47 crore in 1999. According to same estimates, the toll collection on these flyovers would be Rs 1,227.04 crore in 2028 however, following revision in the toll rates, Msrdc would fetch only Rs 736.25 crore.

According to the original proposal, the government contribution for 1999 was Rs 15 crore while GMMC would have contributed Rs 25 croretaking the total toll collection to rs 150.78 crore. During the revision, the government would have to contribute Rs 50 crore while the GMMC's contribution would be rs 25 crore. However, the total collection had been shown at Rs 156.47 crore (higher than the original estimates) for 1999. The total collection after adding these contributions in 2028 would be Rs 942.05 crore.