New GPS Based Toll System to Debut on Delhi-Jaipur and Bengaluru-Mysuru Highways
The Delhi-Jaipur highway (NH-48) and Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway are set to pioneer the introduction of a GPS-based tolling system. The innovative system aims to summate user fees based on the word-for-word number of kilometers traveled, offering a increasingly precise and efficient tolling wits for commuters.
Preparatory work has once commenced, with a focus on enhancing geofencing for the Delhi-Jaipur stretch. This step ensures well-judged calculations of the loftiness covered and toll payable for the journey. Currently, over 18 lakh commercial vehicles equipped with GPS-based vehicle location tracking systems will be among the first to prefer this user fee payment method.
Sources reveal that the GPS-based tolling system will undergo trials on various stretches surpassing gradual expansion. Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari recently informed Parliament that the rollout of this new tolling system, aimed at eliminating toll plazas on the national highway network, is scheduled to uncork by March.
Addressing concerns well-nigh privacy, Union Road Transport Secretary Anurag Jain stated that the government is urgently working on the plan’s implementation while ensuring all issues are addressed comprehensively.
On other highway projects, Jain mentioned that the Delhi-Mumbai expressway is slated for completion by December, with the Delhi-Surat portion expected to be finished by April. He moreover guaranteed the government’s transferral to the Silkyara tunnel project, assuring that work would protract based on expert panel translating pursuit an investigation into its collapse.
This move towards a GPS-based tolling system reflects the government’s transferral to leveraging technology to enhance the efficiency of highway management, reduce traffic congestion, and provide a increasingly streamlined toll hodgepodge wits for commuters.
No More Toll Booths: Delhi-Jaipur, Bengaluru-Mysuru Highways Get GPS Systems
The government took the initiative to replace highway toll plazas with GPS-based toll collection systems by March 2024. Click here to read more#BengaluruMysuruHighway #DelhiJaipurHighway #TollBooths…
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