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Speaking at a show organized by the industry body Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Gadkari said that the toll revenue of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) is currently Rs 40 billion and will be Rs 1. 40 crores in two or three years.
The government will introduce other technologies, including a GPS-based toll collection system, in the next six months to eliminate existing toll plazas on the country’s highways. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari gave this information on Friday. Highways and Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said that the purpose of this step is to prevent vehicles from getting stuck on the roads. Speaking at a show organized by the industry body Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Gadkari said that the toll revenue of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) is currently at Rs 40 billion and will be 1. 40 crores in two or three years.
“The government is looking to introduce technologies such as a GPS-based toll system to eliminate toll plazas on the country’s highways… We will introduce new technology in six months,” he said. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is working on a test plan for the Automatic License Plate Recognition System (Automatic License Plate Reader Camera) for the collection of tolls without stopping the vehicles. During the 2018-19 financial year, the average stopping time for a vehicle at the toll plaza was eight minutes. After the introduction of FASTag in 2020-21 and 2021-22, the average stopping time for vehicles in the plaza dropped to 47 seconds.
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