While the Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link (MTHL) — also known as Atul Setu — has cut down the travel time between Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, the reply to a query under the Right to Information (RTI) Act revealed that the number of vehicles plying by the bridge is less compared to what was projected. RTI Activist Jitendra Ghadge has claimed that the bridge fell short of its expected daily traffic capacity of 89,463 vehicles, projected in 2021, with only an average of 24,000 vehicles using the structure in August, which is a 70 per cent decline from the expected capacity.

According to Ghagde, the data about the vehicle count on MTHL indicated a significant 700% increase in the traffic of heavy vehicles such as trucks and buses from January to August. However, these vehicles account for only about 7% of the total traffic, while around 93% consists of passenger cars. Notably, the number of cars using the bridge increased by only 31% during the same period.