Maharashtra Govt Plans Cess To Confine Private Vehicles

Mumbai: The Maharashtra government is planning to introduce a cess targets at restricting the number of private vehicles in India''s financial capital. That the government is considering a congestion tax, on the lines of one in London. Deshmukh told World Bank country director for India Isabel Guerrero that it was becoming increasingly difficult to maintain order on the city''s roads as the number of private vehicles continued to increase, putting existing infrastructure under strain. The state government will required around Rs 2.50 lakh crore to improve the city''s infrastructure which is creaking under the growing burden, the official quoted Deshmukh as saying. In London, the entry of vehicles into the central business district attracts charges. If the congestion tax proposal is implemented, it may result in making a trip in private vehicles to the city centre a bit expensive.