He said that a final decision has not been taken on which of the two techniques is better, but his personal opinion is in favor of the number plate based system.
He said that a final decision has not been taken on which of the two techniques is better, but his personal opinion is in favor of the number plate based system.
Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said in Parliament on Wednesday that the government is working on a toll collection system that will eliminate toll plazas from the country and provide relief from long queues for road users in the next six months.
“We have FASTags but now we are exploring new options like satellite based toll system which will pass through the GPS system installed in a car, debit the toll amount from the bank account. The second option is the number plate, which will have a computerized system for collecting toll. Such a system would collect toll for the actual distance covered on the national highway,” Mr Gadkari said in the Rajya Sabha.
better technology
The minister said that a final decision has not been taken on which of the two techniques is better, but his personal opinion is in favor of the number plate based system. He said that the technology would be finalized in a month.
“There will be no toll plaza. It will be a sophisticated, digitized system by which we can provide relief. No queues, no toll plazas, no people,” Mr Gadkari said.
The minister said that to implement such a system, the government would also have to introduce a bill in Parliament to introduce penalties for failure to pay tolls by road users. He said that he would try his best to implement the system in the next six months.
Defense of FASTag
Mr Gadkari, at the same time, defended the FASTag-based toll collection system, which uses RFID for toll collection, despite concerns that it has not reduced queues at toll plazas. He said that FASTags have resulted in an increase in revenue from tolls for the National Highways Authority of India, which was now ₹120 crore per day and a total of 5.56 crore FASTags were issued, resulting in a market penetration of 97%.
satellite based toll system
“We have FASTags but now we are exploring new options like satellite based toll system which will go through the GPS system installed in a car and debit the toll amount from the bank account. The second option is the number plate, which will have a computerized system for collecting toll. Such a system would collect toll for the actual distance covered on the national highway,” Mr Gadkari said in the Rajya Sabha.
The minister said that a final decision has not been taken on which of the two techniques is better, but his personal opinion is in favor of the number plate based system. He said that the technology would be finalized in a month.
“There will be no toll plaza. It will be a sophisticated, digitized system by which we can provide relief. No queues, no toll plazas, no people,” Mr Gadkari said.
The minister said that to implement such a system, the government would also have to introduce a bill in Parliament to introduce penalties for failure to pay tolls by road users. He said that he would try his best to implement the system in the next six months.
increase revenue
Mr Gadkari, at the same time, defended the FASTag-based toll collection system, which uses RFID for toll collection, despite concerns that it has not reduced queues at toll plazas. He said that FASTags have resulted in an increase in revenue from tolls for the National Highways Authority of India which was now ₹120 crore per day and a total of 5.56 crore FASTags were issued, resulting in 97% market penetration.
“It will be a sophisticated, digitized system by which we can provide relief”Nitin Gadkari Minister of Road Transport and Highways