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Smart Parking System and
App for Bengaluru

Rs 3,700Cr incentive smart parking system assisted by an app will put
for Smart City A an end to parking woes in Bengaluru. Introduced
projects by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP),
the system will be installed in the heart of the city.
n a bid to motivate the local The first automated on-street pay-parking facility will
Igovernments to speed up the be implemented in 85 places. With the help of the
smart city projects, the Centre electronic sensors installed at the parking spot, the time
will give about Rs 3,700Cr as of entry and exit of a vehicle can be monitored, while
incentive to states for faster CCTV cameras record any illegal entry. There will also be
completion of the projects. automatic ticket vending machines at each parking spot.
The chief secretaries of The Smart Parking system will cover around 9,000
states will closely monitor the vehicles – 3,000 cars and 6,000 bikes – with three
progress of smart city projects different parking packages for each. Roads will be
for early completion. The divided according to these packages, namely A, B and
Centre has already selected C. The hourly parking fee will be different for both,
90 cities under the ambitious bikes and cars in each package.
smart city scheme and
approved projects worth Rs
1.91 lakh crore. The incentive Mobile Apps for ETC lanes
amount will be about 2% of ational Highways Authority of India keep track of transactions and provide
the cost of all projects.
N(NHAI) recently launched two new online grievance redressal.
Till now, about 79 projects mobile apps, MyFASTag and FASTag FASTag Partner is a merchant app, in
worth Rs 941Cr have been Partner, to enable the availability of which agencies like Common Services
completed and another 204 FASTags for Electronic Toll Centre, banking partners and vehicle
projects worth Rs 7,963Cr are Collection (ETC). dealers can sell and join FASTag. The app
at an advanced stage. MyFASTag is a consumer app which can can also be used to activate the RFID tags
be downloaded from the App Store for fixed in around 74 lakh cars following the
both, Android and iOS systems. A user 2013 Gazette Notification.
can purchase or recharge FASTags easily From October 2017 onwards, 371 NHAI
through this app. The app also helps to toll plazas in the country will become
FASTag enabled. One lane in every toll
plaza will be a dedicated FASTag lane
where no other form of payment will
be accepted. Other lanes, even though
FASTag enabled, can accept other forms
of payment.
In addition, NHAI has also come up
with online sale of FASTags and offline
sale through Common Services Centre
(CSC) near toll plazas. FASTag could
be purchased online from Issuer Banks
websites / NHAI website / IHMCL website
and will be delivered by courier at the
door step of the purchaser.

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