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Maharashtra Cabinet Extends Atal Setu Toll Relief, Okays ₹20,000-Crore Police Housing and Transport Funding

The approvals advance a coordinated push to ease commuting, add public housing and boost irrigation as agencies move to close financing and execution plans.

Overview

  • The concessional ₹250 toll on the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sewri–Nhava Sheva Atal Setu will continue through December 31, 2026, maintaining a 50% rate first set at the bridge’s 2024 opening.
  • A Mumbai Police Housing Township of roughly 40,000–45,000 units was sanctioned at about ₹20,000 crore, with 30% state funding, 70% MSIDC loans and an initial ₹100 crore for feasibility work.
  • The cabinet approved the ₹8,087.11-crore revised plan for MUTP‑2, tying state funding to early commercial development of Bandra (East) railway land and related urban transport fund inflows.
  • Procurement of 1,000 electric buses for Pune Mahanagar Parivahan will use a direct debit mandate payment mechanism from the Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal corporations.
  • Other decisions include the ₹4,775-crore Bembla irrigation project to cover 52,423 hectares, a multi‑modal agri export hub at Bapgaon, creation of MAHIMA for overseas jobs, land waivers in Ulwe and Panvel, and restructuring 1,901 statistics posts.