Keypoints:
- The Centre has finalised the new GPS-based toll collection system that will be implemented nationwide with the Russian government.
- The new GPS-based toll collection system will be introduced for toll collection with Russian expertise, said Nitin gadkari.
- The government has finalised a new GPS-based toll collection system that would directly deduct the money from the linked bank account.
India will be free from tollbooth within two years as the government has finalised a new GPS-based toll collection system that would directly deduct the money from the linked bank account, said Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.
The move follows an extensive push by the government for FASTag system, which is now mandatory and is aimed at reducing congestion on highways.
Addressing the Assocham Foundation Week on ‘national infrastructure pipeline critical for economic revival across sectors’, Gadkari said the new GPS-based system will be introduced for toll collection with Russian expertise where toll amount will be deducted from the commuter account or e-wallet on the basis of distance traversed.
The union minister said that the deduction of money from the linked bank account will ensure seamless movement of vehicles.
India will become 'toll naka mukt' in next two years as Government has finalised GPS technology-based toll collection to ensure seamless movement of vehicles across the country: Union minister @nitin_gadkari, while addressing a webinar during #ASSOCHAMFoundationWeek. pic.twitter.com/DZ7dxVTHuP
— ASSOCHAM #WearAMask (@ASSOCHAM4India) December 17, 2020
Gadkari also exuded confidence that toll collection will reach Rs 1.34 lakh crore in the next five years.
With the help of the Russian Government, we have accepted the GPS system and in the next two years we will have toll collection system running on GPS technology, @nitin_gadkari further elaborated.
— ASSOCHAM #WearAMask (@ASSOCHAM4India) December 17, 2020
Speaking at the event, Gadkari said while the recent passenger and commercial vehicles come with the global positioning system (GPS), the government would look for a way to install it in the old vehicles as well, said the report.
The move for the new toll collection system follows the FASTag system pushed by the government. The FASTag system became mandatory while being aimed at reducing the congestion at toll booths and making it easy for the road travellers to pass through the system on their long commutes.
The new commercial and passenger vehicles come enabled with GPS. As for the older ones, the government was planning to find a way to install GPS in them too.
