Nitin Gadkari
Toll booths will be replaced with GPS imaging within a year to collect tax: Nitin Gadkari
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari on Thursday informed the Parliament that the toll booths across the country will be replaced with GPS imaging to collect the tax from the vehicles.
"I want to assure the House within one year all physical toll booths in the country will be removed. Toll money will be collected based on GPS imaging," Gadkari said in the Lok Sabha.
Once the system becomes operational, it will lead to seamless movement of vehicles across the country, said the minister.
Soon after he made the announcement, Gadkari trended on microblogging site Twitter.
According to reports, the GPS system will be procured with the help of Russia and the toll charges will be directly deducted from the user's bank account.
In February, Gadkari's ministry had made automatic toll plaza payment system FASTag mandatory.
The government had said the system would help in promoting digital payment of fees, reduce waiting time and fuel consumption.
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