{"id":36689,"date":"2026-04-24T10:53:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=36689"},"modified":"2026-04-24T10:53:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:53:47","slug":"barrier-free-tolling-on-several-nhs-across-country-from-december-nitin-gadkari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/barrier-free-tolling-on-several-nhs-across-country-from-december-nitin-gadkari\/","title":{"rendered":"Barrier-Free Tolling On Several NHs Across Country From December: Nitin Gadkari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi, Apr 24: Seamless, barrier-free tolling on several national highways across the country will be implemented by December, road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari said on Friday.<br \/>\nAddressing the second edition of Logistics Shakti Summit &amp; Awards 2026, Gadkari said India will have to develop good infrastructure to reduce logistics cost.<br \/>\n\u201cWe plan to put up several seamless barrier-free tolling systems on several national highways across the country by December,\u201d Gadkari said.<br \/>\nThis new system facilitates barrier-free tolling using integrated technologies, including Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) with AI analytics and RFID-based Electronic Toll Collection (FASTag).<br \/>\nUnder this, vehicles will be charged based on their identification through highperformance ANPR cameras and FASTag readers, without needing to stop at toll plazas.<br \/>\nIn case of non-compliance, e-notices will be served to violators, non-payment of which may result in suspension of FASTag and other VAHAN-related penalties.<br \/>\nGadkari noted that if India wants to become a global power, the country will have to reduce logistics cost to single digits.<br \/>\nHe said a recent report prepared by IIT Chennai, IIT Kanpur, and IIM Bangalore has revealed that India\u2019s construction of expressways and economic corridors has helped reduce the country\u2019s logistics cost to 10 per cent from 16 per cent earlier.<br \/>\nThe Road Transport and Highways Minister said logistics cost is 12 per cent in the US, 12 per cent in European countries and 8-10 per cent in China.<br \/>\nReferring to the West Asia crisis, Gadkari said India relies on imports to meet 87 per cent of its oil requirement.<br \/>\n\u201cWe import fossil fuels worth Rs 22 lakh crore, which is also causing pollution\u2026 so we need to work on increasing production of alternative fuel and bio-fuel,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nNoting that green hydrogen is the fuel of the future, Gadkari said there is a need to reduce the cost of running a hydrogen fuel station to make it financially viable.<br \/>\nHe said India is the fastest-growing major economy and it is a dream of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make the country a USD 5-trillion economy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36690\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36690\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36690\" src=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/18075909310563985111-300x157.jpeg\" alt=\"Barrier-Free Tolling On Several NHs Across Country From December: Nitin Gadkari\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/18075909310563985111-300x157.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/18075909310563985111-768x401.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/18075909310563985111-549x287.jpeg 549w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/18075909310563985111-470x245.jpeg 470w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/18075909310563985111-233x122.jpeg 233w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/18075909310563985111-230x120.jpeg 230w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/18075909310563985111-360x188.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/18075909310563985111-100x52.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/18075909310563985111.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36690\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barrier-Free Tolling On Several NHs Across Country From December: Nitin Gadkari<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi, Apr 24: Seamless, barrier-free tolling on several national highways across the country will be implemented by December, road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari said on Friday. Addressing the second edition of Logistics Shakti Summit &amp; Awards 2026, Gadkari said India will have to develop good infrastructure to reduce logistics cost. \u201cWe plan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-national"],"gutentor_comment":0,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Barrier-Free Tolling On Several NHs Across Country From Dec<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Seamless, barrier-free tolling on 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