Innovative Toll Collection: GNSS System Piloted Alongside FASTag on Major Routes

"Innovative Toll Collection: GNSS System Piloted Alongside FASTag on Major Routes" Union Road Transport and Roads Minister Nitin Gadkari has announced the installation of a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)-based toll collection system on selected national roads in India, which would replace the present traditional toll collection systems. Gadkari responded in Lok Sabha that a pilot study on GNSS-based user fee collection was done on the Bengaluru-Mysore part of NH-275 in Karnataka and the Panipat-Hisar section of NH-709 in Haryana. GNSS Toll Collection System GNSS will be introduced as a trial project alongside the existing FASTag system on selected highways.This novel technology uses satellite positioning to correctly assess vehicle positions and calculate toll fees, potentially replacing or supplementing traditional electronic toll collection technologies like FASTag. The trial of the GNSS-based