India to be tollbooth – free in 2 years: Nitin Gadkari
Dated : 18 Dec 2020 (IST)
Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Road Transport and Highways, on Thursday said that India would be tollbooth free within 2 years.
Speaking at the ASSOCHAM Foundation Week, the minister also revealed that the upcoming toll collection would be GPS (global positioning system) based.
The govt has finalized the new toll collection system and it will be implemented in collaboration with the Russian govt.
To ensure seamless movement of vehicles across the country, the upcoming toll collection system would directly deduct the money from the linked bank account.
While the recent passenger and commercial vehicles come with GPS, the govt would find a way to install GPS systems in old vehicles too.
This move comes after the govt has been pushing the FASTag system too which is now mandatory and is aimed at reducing congestion at toll booths and making the long commutes seamless too.
According to the minister, the National Authority of India (NHAI) could attract a revenue of Rs 1.34 trillion in 5 years after the GPS-based toll system is rolled out.
“We have thoroughly examined and finalized the GPS-based toll collection system with the help of the Russian govt. And within 2 years, India would be toll booth-free.
The GPS system will be used to track the vehicles and the due amount would be deducted from the respective bank accounts.” said Gadkari at the virtual conference.
