New Delhi: Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari will launch the electronic toll collection system across the country on October 27, an official statement said yesterday.
“With the inauguration of electronic toll collection (ETC) system by the Minister of Road Transport and Highways on October 27, a uniform and acceptable standard of service to the commuters would become a reality,” the statement said.
E-toll plazas have been installed at 55 locations on national highways around the country while a pilot project for interoperable ETC system of 10 toll plazas between Mumbai and Ahmedabad has already been tested. The statement said that the government has issued orders to incorporate ETC lanes as a mandatory clause in the contracts awarded for all the highway projects in future.
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