For motorists, this means fewer jams at the city’s entry and exit points, as the five check nakas where vehicles were stopped to pay Octroi will be dismantled. Under the Octroi regime, all goods vehicles entering the city had to stop at these check posts, declare the goods they were carrying into the city and pay Octroi. With the GST roll-out, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will stop collecting Octroi, which means there will be no waiting at the check posts. Octroi check posts in the city currently occupy a little more than 10 hectares of land. The Mumbai police said it will step up security at the toll nakas to ensure unwanted goods don’t make their way into the city.

Source: Hindustan Times July 01, 2017 04:18 UTC