MUMBAI, Sept. 25 -- After a series of opposition from multiple political parties to relocate the Dahisar toll plaza by 2km north of its current location, the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) is planning to move the toll gates further north. Earlier this month, on September 9, deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde, who is also the urban development minister and minister for MSRDC, decided to relocate the toll plaza 2km away, to a point near Versova Bridge to solve the traffic gridlock motorists faced in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region and the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway. Now, in a letter addressed to the chairman of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), MSRDC's joint managing director, Manoj Jindal, has sought permission to relocate the toll after Versova Bridge, that is, within the jurisdiction of the Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC). HT has accessed the letter dated September 22. The Dahisar toll naka currently starts from the Mumbai-Ahmedabad National Highway and comes under the NHAI's jurisdiction, hence necessitating their permission. Transport minister Pratap Sarnaik has announced that the toll booths will be shifted by Diwali. The Bharatiya Janata Party, and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena had opposed the relocation within the Mira-Bhayandar civic limits. The reasons for resistance included prolonged commute to motorists travelling to and from Thane. Another issue was that the levy of the toll charge on commercial, heavy, and non-passenger vehicles would mean higher cost of goods arriving at Mira-Bhayandar. In MSRDC's communication, the construction of the Mumbai Metro 9 route was cited as another factor, as a station would come up right next to the toll plaza at Dahisar....