New Delhi. People travelling on expressways and national highways will have to pay toll ‘inch by inch’. A decision in this regard is being taken by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to bring accuracy in toll collection.
Soon, toll collection will begin on some highways and expressways under the new system. Drivers will benefit from the ministry’s move.
The Road Transport Ministry is going to start collecting toll through automatic toll system. For this, it was first decided to collect toll with the help of ISRO’s satellite navigation Navik. But while discussing this issue with the officials, the issue of accuracy came up. It is not possible to bring accuracy in toll collection with only one satellite navigation. Due to this, it has been decided to use two more satellite navigations GPS and Galileo. Experts say that Galileo is such a satellite navigation that will provide information up to one meter.
In this way drivers benefit
This will benefit the drivers. The driver will have to pay toll for the number of kilometres (up to metre) he drives on the expressway and highway. Currently, the driver has to pay the charge till the toll plaza, even if he has to go down the highway and return. Whereas with the new technology, the toll will have to be paid for the distance travelled on the highway. Based on the previous decision, there could have been a possibility of paying less or more toll due to lack of accuracy in toll collection with the help of one satellite navigation, so the help of three satellites is being taken.
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1.5 Km. NH and Expressway
At present, there are about 1.5 lakh km of highways and expressways across the country. About 90 thousand km of these are with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). There are preparations to implement automatic toll system in these. Its successful pilot project has been done on Delhi Mumbai Expressway.
There will be several payment options
Infrastructure expert Vaibhav Dange said that after the implementation of satellite based toll system, people will have many options for payment. Just like now fastag is linked to Paytm or bank account. Similarly, after the implementation of the new technology, people will have the option to pay through fastag or bank or other digital means.
Geo fencing of National Highways and Expressways
He said that for this, geo-fencing of national highways and expressways is being done. Along with this, a small device will be installed in vehicles. It will be connected through satellite. This device can be installed in new vehicles and will have to be installed in old vehicles. This device will not be very expensive.
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