Toll Tax Collection: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has given a big gift to the highway drivers. If you are also on the highway, you do not need to stand in line for toll. After Fastag, the government has come up with another new method for toll collection. The government is now planning to do toll collection through GPS technology.
The government said that now there is no need to stop at toll plazas and stand in long queues. Along with this, you will also get a lot of relief from traffic jams. After the introduction of the new GPS Toll System, you will not see toll plazas on the highway. The government is continuously making efforts to remove toll plazas from all the highways across the country.
The system will start from next year
The government is preparing to implement a new system to collect toll tax from next year. According to the information, the Central Government has now prepared to install GPS based toll collection system on highways and expressways. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said that GPS based toll collection system will be installed on highways and expressways by March next year.
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Nitin Gadkari gave information
Nitin Gadkari said that with the implementation of GPS based toll system, the jams on the highways will end. Along with this, toll tax will be collected from the vehicles only according to the actual distance covered by them.
Pilot project has been completed
Nitin Gadkari informed that the pilot project of satellite based toll collection system on the corridor of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway has been completed.
Work is going on to make automatic number plates
Along with this, he said that the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has also run two experimental projects of Automatic Number Plate Recognition System to enable Automatic Toll Collection System without stopping the vehicles.
How will the toll be deducted?
In this new GPS toll system, the number plate of your vehicle will be scanned as soon as you cross the toll plaza. After this, toll collection will be deducted from your bank account.
