350 national highways to have e-toll plazas; to help savings worth Rs 34,000 crore
Updated: Oct 31, 2014 04:53:35pm
New Delhi, Oct 31 (KNN) By December 2015, the government is planning to have in place 350 Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) plazas at all national highways across India which would result in savings worth Rs 34,000 crore, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari today said.
"By December 2015 we plan 350 Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) at all national highways across India which will help in savings of Rs 27,000 crore due to delays caused at tolls and Rs 7,000 crore worth of fuel will be saved," the minister said while unveiling the ETC system on Delhi-Mumbai highway through computerised mode from Delhi.
On the Delhi-Mumbai highway, Rs 1,200 crore worth of fuel will be saved annually after the installation of ETC, the minister said.
"In this new system, there can be no fake tolls. The data will be recorded so there can be no stealing. There would be all the information of the driver, on the toll card," said Gadkari.
"We have tied up with two banks that is Axis and ICICI bank today. More banks can also come. In the coming time, this system will get revolutionised. This is our step towards a digital India. I have given orders that before March, there should be over 350 tolls," he added.
He further noted that there are 18 toll plazas on the Delhi-Mumbai National Highway, in which the 180 minutes or 3 hours of time is lost during the total journey as it takes about 10 minutes for the vehicles to pay the toll at these junctions.
ETC has been installed at 55 Toll Plazas and their integration with Central Clearing House (CCH) operators has almost been completed on the Delhi-Mumbai route via Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
A pilot project for interoperable ETC system of 10 toll plazas between Mumbai (Charoti) and Ahmedabad has already been tested and seamless ETC on this section is in operation.
The central government has issued orders to incorporate ETC lanes as a mandatory clause in the contracts awarded for all highways projects in future. (KNN/SD)
"By December 2015 we plan 350 Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) at all national highways across India which will help in savings of Rs 27,000 crore due to delays caused at tolls and Rs 7,000 crore worth of fuel will be saved," the minister said while unveiling the ETC system on Delhi-Mumbai highway through computerised mode from Delhi.
On the Delhi-Mumbai highway, Rs 1,200 crore worth of fuel will be saved annually after the installation of ETC, the minister said.
"In this new system, there can be no fake tolls. The data will be recorded so there can be no stealing. There would be all the information of the driver, on the toll card," said Gadkari.
"We have tied up with two banks that is Axis and ICICI bank today. More banks can also come. In the coming time, this system will get revolutionised. This is our step towards a digital India. I have given orders that before March, there should be over 350 tolls," he added.
He further noted that there are 18 toll plazas on the Delhi-Mumbai National Highway, in which the 180 minutes or 3 hours of time is lost during the total journey as it takes about 10 minutes for the vehicles to pay the toll at these junctions.
ETC has been installed at 55 Toll Plazas and their integration with Central Clearing House (CCH) operators has almost been completed on the Delhi-Mumbai route via Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
A pilot project for interoperable ETC system of 10 toll plazas between Mumbai (Charoti) and Ahmedabad has already been tested and seamless ETC on this section is in operation.
The central government has issued orders to incorporate ETC lanes as a mandatory clause in the contracts awarded for all highways projects in future. (KNN/SD)
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