Centre revises National Highway rules: Free travel up to 20 km for satellite system-equipped vehicles
Through the notification, the ministry amended the National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008 to include provisions related to GNSS-based electronic toll collection in India.
GNSS will provide distance-based tolling where users will pay only for the stretch they have travelled on a National Highway. (File photo) The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) Tuesday issued a notification that will enable free journey of up to 20 kilometres a day in each direction on national highways and expressways for vehicles equipped with the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS).
Through the notification, the ministry amended the National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008 to include provisions related to GNSS-based electronic toll collection in India. The objective of the move is to reduce congestion at highway toll plazas and charge the toll on the basis of actual distance travelled.
“A driver, owner or person in-charge of a mechanical vehicle other than National Permit Vehicle who makes use of the same section of national highway, permanent bridge, bypass of tunnel, as the case may be, shall be levied a zero-user fee up to twenty kilometres of journey in each direction in a day under Global Navigation Satellite System based user fee collection system and if the distances travelled is more than twenty kilometres, the fee will be charge for actual distance travelled,” reads the notification.
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