The Maharashtra government will frame a policy shortly under which small cars will be exempted from paying tax at most toll booths across the state while the "burden" of paying toll will be passed on to heavy vehicles.

"We are in the process of framing a new toll policy, under which small vehicles will be exempted from paying toll, including newly built roads, by the Public Works Department (PWD) and Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC)," Maharashtra Public Works Department Minister Chandrakant Patil said here.