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Electronic toll collection launched in
Maharashtra
Friday April 12, 2013 05:46:11 PM,
IANS
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Dahanu (Maharashtra): India's first inter-operable, electronic toll collection
system based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology
was launched here Friday.
The launch function was held at village Tawa, near Dahanu in Thane
district. The system was inaugurated by union Minister for Road
Transport and Highways C.P. Joshi.
The facility has been made available on certain toll plazas on the
Mumbai-Ahmedabad National Highway No.8 and will soon be extended
to Vadodara-Ahmedabad and Mumbai-Pune sections of the highway as
well.
The RFID tags can be bought from identified kiosks located near
toll plazas. They can also be bought online through the website of
ICICI Bank. The tags can be recharged both at the kiosks, as well
as through the ICICI Bank website.
Joshi announced that victims of road accidents on Mumbai-Vadodara
stretch would be provided with cashless medical treatment as
immediate relief.
Underlining the increasing presence of his ministry on the social
media, Joshi said that complaints about road conditions may be
posted on the Facebook page of NHAI or ministry of road transport,
which will be attended to in a fixed time-frame.
India has one of the largest road networks in the world.
Approximately, 13,000 km length of roads are under tolling through
220 toll plazas. The toll collection during 2012-13 was in excess
of Rs.9,000 crore.
Elaborating on how the RFID tag works, an official said it "will
be affixed in the upper central portion of the vehicle's
windscreen. It will work as a prepaid toll account and there will
be automatic toll deduction when the vehicle crosses a toll
plaza".
The unique number of the tag fitted on the windscreen of the
vehicle would be read by the 'readers' fitted in the dedicated
lanes of these plazas, and sent to the central clearing house, set
up by the ICICI Bank in collaboration with American firm Toll
Plus, the official added.
The user will get an instant SMS alert as well as email update.
The clearing house pools the money collected electronically and
later distributes among toll plaza managements as per usage by
vehicles.
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