India, Oct. 31 -- In a setback to plans of easing the traffic-clogged roads at Dahisar, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has shot down the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation's (MSRDC's) decision to shift the toll plaza on the Vasai section of the national highway to a point closer to the Versova Bridge.

On September 9, deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde, who is also the urban development minister and minister for MSRDC, had decided to relocate the toll plaza 2 kms away, to a point near Versova Bridge, to ease the traffic congestion along the route. Now, the Dahisar toll naka comes within the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) jurisdiction, but if moved further, it will be in the jurisdiction of the Vasai...