In response to a question by BJP MP Lahar Singh Siroya, Gadkari has stated that the road transport ministry has appointed a consultant to provide advisory services for the adoption of new technologies, such as the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)-based barrier-less free flow tolling.
India News: NEW DELHI: Delhi-Jaipur highway (NH-48) and Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway will be the first two stretches where GPS-based tolling system will be introdu.
Sources said this new GPS-based tolling system will be tried on different stretches and will be expanded gradually. Union road transport minister Nitin Gadkari informed Parliament recently that the new system to rid the NH network of toll plazas would start by March.