Context :
India
will become 'toll plaza free' in next two years: Nitin Gadkari / BS
– 18 Dec 2020
Extract :
Ø Union Minister of Road
Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said the use of GPS-based (Global
Positioning System) toll collection will ensure India becomes “toll plaza free” in the next two
years. He also said this would help the exchequer earn Rs 1.34 trillion in the next five years.
Ø The central government
has finalised GPS-based toll collection to ensure seamless movement of vehicles across the country. At an industry event,
the minister said the toll amount will be deducted directly from the bank account based on the
movement of vehicles.
Ø As of today, all
commercial vehicles come with vehicle tracking systems. He said the government will come up with a plan
to install GPS technology in old vehicles.
Ø The toll collection may reach Rs 34,000 crore by March 2021 and by using
GPS for toll collection, the income in next five years will be Rs 1.34
trillion ( Rs 134,000 crore ) , he said.
Ø The use of technology
will mean that there
won’t be leakages in collection of the levy and the money transfer can happen in a
transparent manner.
Ø To enable seamless
toll collection at the plazas, the government introduced RFID (radio
frequency identification) tags.
Ø
According
to an official statement by the National Highways Authority of
India (NHAI), RFID-enabled FASTags contribute nearly three-fourth of the total
toll collection (till November).
Ø
The
daily collection stood at Rs 92 crore ie: Rs 33,580 cr / year ( compared to Rs 70 crore a
year ago )
Ø
The
government rolled out FASTag-based electronic toll collection mechanism from
December 15, 2019, across all toll plazas of the NHAI.
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GPS-based
tech could make NHs toll-booth-free in 2 years: Govt /
TOI – 18 Dec 2020
Extract :
Ø In
the second phase, private vehicles can also be brought under this ambit. An
NHAI official said this system will also ensure that the users pay only for the distance covered.
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MY TAKE :
Thank you, Shri Gadkariji,
For leveraging CONVERGENCE of following Technologies to eliminate Toll
Plazas and waiting time :
# GPS satellites linked with Google Map (
Toll-bound Highways vs Toll-Free roads )
# Vehicle Tracking / positioning for exact distance travelled on a Toll-bound highways
# Prepaid RFID Sensors linked with Bank Account
/ Vehicle Registration Number
By implementing this, you
expect to earn Rs 1.34 trillion
( Rs 134,000 crore ) in 5 years
But, how about,
# earning ten
times, at Rs 13.4
trillion each year , by 2025 ?, and
# reducing vehicular
pollution by 50 %, and
# saving 3 lakh lives (
lost each year due to air pollution )
Let there be no doubt that
the convergence
described above can enable a NaVIC satellite ,
Ø Reading
“ vehicle data “ which is hard-coded
into factory-installed sensors ( see TABLE below )
Ø Instantaneously
/ continuously / dynamically, compute each vehicle’s HARM
QUOTIENT
Ø Automatically
– and 24x7 – deduct a TRANS-TAX from prepaid RFID (
substituting road tax / toll etc ) from linked bank account
For detailed working of
such CONVERGENCE , read my following earlier e mail :
Transport :
an Integrated Logistic Plan ? …………………………………[ 20 Nov
2018 ]
|
Srl No |
Factor for computing HARM QUOTIENT |
Alternatives(Vehicles/Usage) |
Can this data be hard-coded In factory-installed Sensors in
vehicles ? |
|
1 |
Energy
Source |
Petrol-Diesel
vs EV-Hybrid |
yes |
|
2
|
Ownership |
Private
vs Public |
Yes |
|
3 |
Purpose |
Passenger
vs Goods |
Yes |
|
4 |
Age
of Vehicle |
New
vs Old |
Yes |
|
5 |
Type
of Vehicle |
3
wheeler vs 4 wheeler |
Yes |
|
6 |
Capacity
|
No
of persons vs No of Tons |
Yes |
|
7 |
WHERE
running |
City
Roads vs Highways |
No
– Real-time determination by Satellite |
|
8 |
WHEN
running |
Day
vs Night ( Peak/Non Peak ) |
No
– Real-time determination by Satellite |
Dear Shri Gadkariji,
I believe our current vehicle
population is about 250 million. Of this, may be
no more than 10 % ( 25 million ) vehicles could
be running on highways on any given day and
paying Toll Tax – and only for ( say ) 3-4 hours while
it is on the highway
As against this imagine,
# all 250 million vehicles paying TRANS-TAX, no
matter running on highways or anywhere / running or parked
# all of 24 hours of 365 days ( and nights too
! )
# all deductions / debiting to be from pre-paid
RFID , without any HUMAN INTERVENTION !
All that is needed to
implement my suggestion is to challenge our Scientists / Technocrats / Software
geeks
I believe DESTINY has
scripted that YOU are the chosen one to issue this challenge !
With regards,
Hemen Parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / www.hemenparekh.in / 18 Dec 2018
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Related Readings :
Congratulations,
Avinash Dhakneji ………………………………………[ 15 Dec 2020 ]
Pigovian Tax for Polluters ? [ 03 Apr 2019 ]
National Clean Air Tax ? – a Pigovian tax ? [ 11 Jan 2019 ]
Traffic
Congestion ? Finally, a solution in sight ?.................[ 31 May 2019 ]
FAME
II > FAME III > FAME IV………………………………………………[ 05 Mar 2019 ]
Trans-portability
Theory ………………………………………………………..[ 10 Dec 2018 ]
PUBLIC
TRANSPORT AS A SOLUTION ?..............................[ 15 Feb 2016 ]
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Copy to :
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[ Institute
of Urban Transport – India ] |
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[ Director
– IRTS ] |
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[ Institute
of Road Traffic Education ] |
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[ Institute
of Transportation & Development Policy ] |
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chiefminister@maharashtra.gov.in, |
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[ Asian Institute
of Transport Development ] |
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[ Central Institute of Road Transport ] |
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[ Chartered
Institute of Logistic Transport ] |
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[ Institute
of Road and Transport Technology ] |
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[ Indian
Institute of Logistics ] |
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[ Institute
of Transport Economics ] |
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[ National Institute of Design - Ahmedabad ] |
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[ IIT - Bombay ] |