The country's first interoperable RIFD-based electronic toll system was on Friday rolled out on the Ahmedabad-Mumbai National Highway and the system would allow vehicles fitted with electronic tags to sail through six toll plazas.
"C P Joshi, the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways dedicated to the nation today, the first interoperable Radio Frequency Identification Device (RFID) technology based Electronic Tolling System at Charoti Toll Plaza, Dahanu in Thane District, Maharashtra," an official statement said. The interoperable RIFD based system would allow vehicles to sail through six toll plazas, operated by three different road developers - Larsen and Toubro (L&T), IRB Infrastructure and NHAI, the statement said. These include IRB toll plazas at Charoti, Bhagwada, Boriach and Choriyasi besides NHAI plaza at Narmada Bridge and L&T IDPL Plaza at Karjan, Vadodara, it added.
"C P Joshi, the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways dedicated to the nation today, the first interoperable Radio Frequency Identification Device (RFID) technology based Electronic Tolling System at Charoti Toll Plaza, Dahanu in Thane District, Maharashtra," an official statement said. The interoperable RIFD based system would allow vehicles to sail through six toll plazas, operated by three different road developers - Larsen and Toubro (L&T), IRB Infrastructure and NHAI, the statement said. These include IRB toll plazas at Charoti, Bhagwada, Boriach and Choriyasi besides NHAI plaza at Narmada Bridge and L&T IDPL Plaza at Karjan, Vadodara, it added.