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According to the new notification of the Central Government, now Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), Global Positioning System (GPS) and on-board units will be used for toll collection.
With their help, automatic toll collection will be done. There will be no fee for travel up to 20 kilometers. For now, the use of FASTag will also continue.
The government has also published the new rules in the official gazette. According to the notification, the use of FASTag and Automatic Number Recognition Technology (ANPR) will also continue for the time being. It states that a separate lane will be created at the toll plaza for vehicles with GNNS OBU so that they do not have to stop for toll collection. Such vehicles will have to pay toll only for the distance they have used the toll road.
The Ministry of Road and Transport said that for vehicles that are not registered in India and do not have a GNNS device, the old system of toll collection will continue. Currently, you have to stop at every toll plaza to get the money deducted from FASTag or pay in cash.
Now toll will be deducted after determining the fixed distance with the help of GPS. This will also save people's time. Road and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari was trying to bring this system for a long time.
The OBUs installed in the vehicles will act as tracking devices. They will share the coordinates of the vehicle on the highway with the satellite. The distance travelled by the vehicle will then be calculated.
This distance will be verified with the help of GPS and GNNS. Apart from this, cameras installed on the highway will also help in confirming the location of the vehicle. The new toll collection system will be implemented initially on some highways and expressways.