New Delhi (NVI): India will become toll free in next two years as the government has finalised Global Positioning System (GPS) based technology toll collection to ensure seamless movement of vehicles across the country, Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said today.
While addressing the ASSOCHAM Foundation Week Programme, Gadkari shared his perspective on the theme ‘National Infrastructure Pipeline critical for economic revival across sectors’.
In addition, he explained that the toll amount will be deducted directly from the bank account based on the movement of vehicles.
“While all commercial vehicles are coming with vehicle tracking systems, the government will come up with some plan to install GPS technology in old vehicles,” the minister was quoted as saying in a official statement.
Gadkari also expressed hope that the toll collections may reach Rs 34,000 crore in coming March. He informed that, by using GPS technology for toll collection, the toll income in next five years will be Rs 1,34,000 crore, a statement by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways read.
Speaking on the theme of programme, the minister said that industrial development is key to employment generation and poverty eradication in India.
However, at present, industry is India is centralised in urban areas as such decentralisation of industry is imperative to boost growth rate as growing urbanisation is causing grave problems in cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and others, he said.
Gadkari further pressed upon the need to promote public-private investment in infrastructure development and assured government’s support in projects that are not economically viable.
-RJV
