In a big relief to road users and a bid to avoid congestions, the Centre is looking for technologies to replace toll plazas with automatic number plate recognition system, which will enable deduction of fee from vehicle owners’ bank accounts.
Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said after the introduction of FASTags, toll income of State-owned National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) increased by Rs 15,000 crore per year. “And now, we are going to launch automobile number plate technology (Automatic Number Plate Reader cameras) by which there will be no toll plazas,” he said.
