New Delhi. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has invited bids (EOI) from across the globe to implement a satellite-based electronic toll collection system. Based on the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), this system will provide a seamless toll collection experience to vehicles plying on national highways.

Toll booth system will be abolished

An official statement said on Friday that this system based on Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) will provide seamless toll collection experience to vehicles plying on national highways. This initiative of NHAI is aimed at eliminating the existing toll booth system on highways.

According to the statement, in order to provide seamless toll collection experience to the national highway users and enhance the efficiency and transparency of toll operations, Indian Highways Management Company Limited (IHMCL), a NHAI company, has invited EOI from qualified companies for development and implementation of GNSS based electronic toll collection system in India.

The statement said that NHAI is planning to implement GNSS based electronic toll collection (ETC) system within the existing Fastag system. Initially, it is planned to adopt a mixed model in which both RFID based ETC and GNSS based ETC will work simultaneously.