Toll Tax on Highway: According to the notification issued by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, now those driving cars up to a certain distance will not have to pay any kind of toll tax on highways and expressways.
Free Travel on Expressway: If you also have a car and you travel on highways or expressways daily, then this news will make you happy. Yes, now under a system you will not have to pay toll. That is, the car will run on expressways and highways without any toll. This facility will not be for vehicles with taxi numbers, but this facility will be available only to private vehicle owners. The government said that if a vehicle has Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) installed and it is working, then that vehicle will not have to pay any kind of toll tax (Toll Tax Free) for traveling on highways or expressways for up to 20 km daily.
No toll tax for a distance of up to 20 km
Let us tell you that GNSS is a type of satellite system that gives information about the location of the vehicle. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued a notification of changes in the National Highway Fee Rules, 2008. The notification clearly states that if the vehicle travels more than 20 km daily, toll tax will be charged from it. This tax will be according to the distance that the vehicle has actually covered. If a car travels 20 km daily on a highway or expressway, no tax will be charged from it. But if the vehicle travels more than 20 km, toll will be charged from it.
You can use this technology even if you have Fastag
Toll tax will be collected using a technology called GNSS. GNSS is a type of satellite system that gives information about the location of the vehicle. The Road and Transport Ministry had said in July that a new type of toll tax system will soon be tried on some selected highways. This technology has been named GNSS. This technology will work with Fastag. That is, even if you have Fastag, you can use this new technology. Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said that he has found a new way, so that there is less need for vehicles to stop at the toll plaza.
Pilot project started on two highways
The notification said that the driver, owner or person in charge of any vehicle other than a vehicle holding a national permit, who uses the same section of the national highway, permanent bridge, bypass or tunnel, will not be charged any toll for a journey of up to 20 km in each direction in a day under the GNSS-based system. A pilot project regarding GNSS based toll collection system has been done on Bengaluru-Mysore section of NH-275 in Karnataka and Panipat-Hisar section of NH-709 in Haryana.
