In a move to decongest toll plazas, where cash payments lead to long queues, the government is planning to penalise cash tolling in metros. “Cash tolling leads to congestion at toll plazas. Next comes land acquisition cost, since we have to make bigger toll plazas due to congestion. Cash tolling should be allowed only in bare minimum cases. So it’s a two-way task of encouraging both commuters and concessionaires,” Udgirkar added.So far, about 30% toll is collected electronically across 400 toll plazas of NHAI.

Source: Economic Times July 03, 2019 03:30 UTC