Electronic Toll Collection launched on Chennai-Bengaluru corridor of Golden Quadrilateral

News:

• After implementing Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) on Delhi-Mumbai corridor of the Golden Quadrilateral (GQ), the system was today launched on the Chennai – Bengaluru corridor aiming to help road-users save time and money.
• The Centre had introduced ETC for payment of user fee on National Highways through inter-operable system with the help of ‘FASTag’, a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) enabled pre-paid tag fixed on vehicles’ windscreen.
• The initiative was launched at Sriperumbudur here on the Chennai-Bengaluru GQ, covering toll plazas on NH 4, NH 7 and NH 46.
• Toll plazas of Bengaluru-Mumbai section will be added soon for seamless passage between Chennai and Mumbai.

Source: ET