Maharashtra Stops Toll Tax Collection For EV Cars

In a stern directive to the state administration, Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar on Wednesday ordered the government to establish, within eight days, a mechanism to ensure that electric vehicles (EVs) are exempted from tolls. 

He also instructed that all toll amounts collected from EV owners since the government resolution (GR) on August 22 be fully refunded upon submission of proof of payment.

Under the August 22 GR — issued following the Maharashtra Electric Vehicle Policy (MEVP) announced on



May 23, 2025 — EVs are entitled to 100 per cent toll exemption on the Mumbai–Pune Expressway, the Nagpur–Mumbai Samruddhi Mahamarg and the Atal Setu (Mumbai Trans Harbour Link). 

The issue surfaced during the Question Hour when NCP legislator Anil Patil and BJP MLAs Shankar Jagtap and Rahul Kul raised complaints regarding illegal toll collection from EV owners. 

Shiv Sena MLA Varun Sardesai presented toll receipts inside the House, while Congress MLA Nana Patole demanded action against toll contractors.