Will toll booths really be abolished now? Know the answers to important questions related to the new rules

New Delhi: In the coming time, you will not have to pay toll tax on the highway. The government has issued new rules on toll of vehicles. The government has notified the GPS based system for toll collection. Owners of private vehicles equipped with GNSS will not be charged any toll for traveling up to 20 kilometers per day on highways and expressways. The government has also issued a notification for this. Who will benefit after the implementation of this rule? Know the answers to all the important questions related to this here.

On which vehicles will the new rules be implemented?

At present, the satellite toll collection system will be applicable only to commercial vehicles. According to the notification, except for vehicles with national permit, if any other driver uses the national highway, bypass, tunnel or bridge, which is equipped with GPS based toll system, then he/she will not have to pay any toll for a journey of 20 kilometers in each direction.

On which highways was this system trialled?

This GNSS system of taking toll from satellite has been tested on some highways. As a pilot project, it was tested on Bengaluru-Mysore section of NH-275 in Karnataka and Panipat-Hisar section of NH-709 in Haryana.

How will this technology work?

In this technology, Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) will be used for toll. For this, on-board units (OBU) and Global Positioning System (GPS) will be installed in the vehicles. This system will be different from the existing FastTag. Once this system is started across the country, there will be no need for toll booths anywhere. Toll will be deducted according to when the vehicle enters the highway and where it exits.