Govt plans to use data from FASTags to monitor traffic, rework road toll policy

NEW DELHI : The government plans to use real-time data from electronic toll collection devices to monitor traffic and rework India’s decade-old road toll policy, two government officials aware of the matter said, requesting anonymity.

Officials from the Union roads ministry and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), the apex body responsible for building and operating national highways, met on 15 November to work on the broad contours of the policy, the first official said.

Once the draft policy is ready, the government will seek the Union cabinet’s approval.