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                 In the present                 Opportunity for Industry      and work has already started on a
                                                                              number of sections.
                 context, we need to            China from every corner of the
                                                  There is a pessimistic view on
                 take ETC through               world and it is an opportunity for   ETC Implementation
                                                                                Towards the end of 2019, the
                 Fastag to the next             India. Our Government is taking a   Government took a great initiative
                                                number of initiatives to improve
                 level, as manual               our position in the ranking for   to  make  ETC  through  Fastag  as
                 toll collection                ease of doing business.       mandatory mode  of  payment

                 will work against              started implementing Expressways   of road user fee. The intrusion
                                                  The government has already
                                                                              of Fastag was rapid and 70% of
                 social distancing              on completely new alignments   toll revenue was being collected
                 on the roads. To               which would be fully access   through Fastag before the country
                                                                              wide lockdown. Implementation
                                                controlled and not only reduce
                 implement the                  the travel time drastically, but   of ATMS and automatic challaning
                 free flow tolling,             also help develop the areas   on the roads would help bring
                                                                              discipline and prevent police
                                                around new expressways. Most
                 a few more steps               of the section of Delhi Mumbai   personnel from interacting with
                 like automatic                 Expressway has been awarded   so many people on the road.
                 challaning of

                 vehicles would be
                 needed









































      42  April-May 2020 / TrafficInfraTech                                                       www.trafficinfratech-com-500653.hostingersite.com
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