Adieu Booths! Satellite-Based Toll Collection To Hit The Roads Soon? Here's How It'll Work!

In a recent turn of events, union transport minister Nitin Gadkari has made a new revelation. Looks like FASTag queues at toll booths will soon vanish as the government will soon introduce a satellite-based toll collection system.

How Will It Work?

The new way of collecting toll will entail linking of bank accounts of the commuters through which toll will automatically get deducted.

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He told news agency ANI, ¡°Now we are ending the toll and there will be a satellite based toll collection system. Money will be deducted from your bank account and the amount of road you cover will be charged accordingly. Through this time and money can be saved. Earlier, it used to take 9 hours to travel from Mumbai to Pune, but now it is reduced to 2 hours.¡±

What About Expensive Toll Taxes? Gadkari Says Less Travel Time Due To Highways Saves Time And Fuel Both

Gadkari was asked to comment about the high toll tax rates to which he said that newly built highways have reduced time and fuel both for the commuters. Therefore, it¡¯s only natural to charge toll tax.

He said, "Earlier, it used to take nine hours to travel from Mumbai to Pune. Now it is a 2-hour journey. Seven hours of diesel get saved. Naturally, we have to pay some money in return. We are doing it through public-private investment. So we will have to return the money too."

#WATCH | Nagpur: On Toll tax, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari says, "Now we are ending toll and there will be a satellite base toll collection system. Money will be deducted from your bank account and the amount of road you cover will be charged accordingly. Through this time and¡­ pic.twitter.com/IHWJNwM0QF

— ANI (@ANI) March 27, 2024

Gadkari Claims That The Road Network Of National Highways In India Will Match That Of The USA

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Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari highlighted the Bharatmala Pariyojana, a project targeting the development of around 26,000 km of economic corridors. He stressed its importance in conjunction with existing projects like the Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) and North-South and East-West (NS-EW) corridors, expressing confidence that it will revolutionize India's future by 2024.

He said, ¡°The fate of the country will change by the end of 2024. This is because the road network of National Highways will be equal to that of America. That is my goal. I am sure that I will definitely be successful in this.¡±