Almost 30 per cent of toll charges from national highways are now being collected electronically, up from 25 per cent four months ago.
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), the highways body that supervises the process, now sees almost 1 million electronic transactions on a daily basis, say sources in the know. NHAI collects about Rs. 60-65 crore on a daily basis as toll charges, of which 30 per cent is done electronically.
Demand for FASTAGs or the e-cards that allows a person to zoom through the highways is on the rise because they significantly reduce the waiting time at toll plazas, do away with the need to transact in cash, and offer discounts for electronic payments. A drop in the price of FASTAGs has also spurred its uptake among highway users.
