Toll booths to go,Tax collection based on GPS imaging

Toll booths across the country and the long wait there will soon become a thing of the pas., Instead, there will be GPS-based system that will track cars and levy charges accordingly.Union minister Nitin Gadkari  on Thursday said in Loksabha that once the system becomes operational, it will lead to seamless movement of vehicles across the country.  The GPS system will be obtained with the help of Russia and the toll charges will be directly deducted from the user's bank account, the minister had said.

During the Question Hour in the Lok Sabha, Gadkari said the government is very much concerned about road accidents and will have to take all steps to reduce road accidents. 1.5 lakh people died due to road accidents in the last one year which is more than 1.46 lakh deaths due to COVID-19," he said. The minister further noted that most of those who died due to road accidents were people in the age group of 18-35. According to a recent World Bank report, India accounts for the highest number of road accidents globally, with 1.5 lakh people being killed and more than 4.5 lakh crippled annually in 4.5 lakh road accidents with losses amounting to 3.14 per cent of the GDP.