It is true that Government is removing all toll plaza with GPS System?

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1. Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari told the Parliament on Wednesday that the government will soon bring a GPS-based toll tracking system
2. In which the common man will not need to stop at the toll plaza.
3. The toll will be deducted from GPS imaging.
4. Nitin Gadkari told that there will be no toll plazas in the coming days, due to which the toll line will end.
5. A GPS-based tracking system is being developed to collect tolls from vehicles.
6. As soon as you cross a toll plaza, the toll will be deducted from your bank account.
7. The government will soon come up with a policy for this.
8. The governement will come out with a new policy to replace toll plazas in the country with a GPS-based tracking toll system.
9. It means that toll collection will happen via GPS.
10. The money will be collected based on GPS imaging (on vehicles), Union Minister Nitin Gadkari tweeted.
11. Union Minister, while talking about giving relief in toll tax to the common man, said that there should be only one toll plaza within 60 km.
12. If the toll is higher than this, they will be closed within 3 months.
13. All toll collecting points which are within 60 km of each other on the National Highways will be closed in the next three months
14. Nitin Gadkari, the Road Transport and Highways Minister of India recently reiterated that the government is working to replace the existing toll plazas with GPS based tax collection system.
15. Speaking at a CII event, Gadkari said the govt will introduce new technologies, including GPS-based toll collection systems in the next 6 months to replace existing highway toll plazas in the country.
16. This new technology is expected to reduce the traffic congestion and charging motorists for the exact distance travelled on the highways, Gadkari said.
17. The government is looking at new technologies including GPS-based toll systems to replace toll plazas in the country.
18. We will bring new technology in six months, reported PTI, quoting Nitin Gadkari.
19. The ministry of road transport and highways is conducting a pilot project of automatic number plate recognition system (automatic number plate reader cameras) to enable automated toll collection without stopping the vehicles.
20. The Union Minister further said that state-owned NHAI toll revenue is currently Rs 40,000 crore and it is going to soar to Rs 1.40 lakh crore 2-3 years.
21. He also said that during 2018-19, the average waiting time for vehicles at toll plaza was 8 minutes, however, with the introduction of FASTags during 2020-21 and 2021-22, the average waiting time of the vehicles has come down to 47 seconds.
22. Having said that, there’s a need for considerable improvement in waiting time at certain locations, especially near cities.
23. The densely populated towns there are still some delays at toll plazas during peak hours.
24. The road transport and highways minister emphasised on the need of reducing the cost of construction without compromising with the quality.