Lucknow Ayodhya Highway: Preparations are being made to remove the toll plaza on Lucknow-Ayodhya Highway soon. Under this, a new toll system will be started in place of toll plaza on this highway. In this, instead of fixed toll, the driver will have to pay toll for the distance you use the highway. GPS and satellite system will be used in this new technology. Due to which your toll tax will be deducted automatically. 

This scheme will first be implemented on the Lucknow-Ayodhya highway as a trial. Under this, cameras scanning the Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) will soon be installed on the highway on this route. These cameras will be connected to the satellite. With the help of which you will have to pay toll tax as much as you travel on the highway. The toll rate will be decided on the basis of km.

Toll will be deducted based on the distance travelled. 
In this new system, free travelling will be possible for the first 20 km on the national highway. After this, further toll will start, money will be deducted based on the distance covered by the satellite. This entire process will be exactly like the fast tag. Which will be directly connected to your bank account. As soon as the highway ends, the money will be deducted from your account and its message will come on your phone. 

At present, you have to pay toll tax for travelling a distance of 60 km on the highway, for which toll plazas have been built at various places. But, the Road Transport Department is trying to remove toll plazas in the next 5-10 years and replace them with Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). This will bring the toll tax money directly into the government's revenue.   

For this, like fast tags, on-board unit devices will be installed in vehicles. Which will determine the exact distance of travel. Initially, preparations have been made to implement this scheme on Lucknow-Ayodhya Highway. It will be started as a trial for now. If it is successful, then it can be implemented on other national highways as well. For this, the transport department is working fast.