New Delhi: Toll plazas across India will soon be replaced with auto number identification system. An announcement in this regard was made by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday. The Union Minister said that the Center is conducting pilot projects to replace toll plazas with automatic number plate identification systems. Under this, the vehicles will not stop and the fee will be automatically deducted from the bank accounts of the vehicle owners.
Giving information, the Minister said that after the introduction of FASTag, the toll income of the state-owned National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) increased by Rs 15,000 crore per year. Giving more details, he said, “And now, we are going to launch automobile number plate technology (automatic number plate reader camera), after which there will be no toll plazas.”
At the same time, it must be emphasized that during 2018-19, the average waiting time for vehicles at toll plazas was 8 minutes and with the introduction of FASTag during 2020-21 and 2021-22, the average waiting time for vehicles The wait time is reduced to 47 seconds.
