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June 2012
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First RFID technology-based
toll plaza opened in Haryana
Dr. CP Joshi, Union Minister for
Road Transport and Highways, re-
cently dedicated to the nation the
country’s first RFID technology-
based electronic toll collection
plaza at Chandimandir, Punchkula
(Haryana) and four-laned Zirakpur-
Parwanoo section of NH-5 in Pun-
jab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr.
Joshi observed that it was time to
make co-ordinated efforts by the
Central and State Governments to
fulfill the dream of making India a
really developed nation, for which
a qualitative infrastructure develop-
ment is a must. The Centre has laid
adequate stress on infrastructure de-
velopment in the 11th and the forth-
coming 12th Five Year Plan with a
view to increasing the national GDP.
Referring to the new RFID toll
plaza, he said that all the highways
in the country would be provided the
RFID technique which helps users
to make payment without stopping
at toll plazas and reduces traffic con-
gestion and commuting time. Toll
statements can also be made avail-
able online to road users, and they
need not have to halt for receipt. Be-
sides satisfying functional require-
ments, this is the cheapest mode for
collection.
He disclosed that the National
Highway Authority of India (NHAI)
has completed projects of
491 km roads costing Rs.
1,913 crores in Haryana,
357 km roads worth Rs.
1,419 crores in Punjab and
5 km worth Rs. 50 crores
in Himachal Pradesh. The
projects under implementa-
tion are 969 km of Rs. 5,962
crores in Haryana, 645 km
of Rs. 4,791 crores in Pun-
jab and 124 km of Rs. 1,994
crores in Himachal Pradesh.
The projects of 508 km worth
Rs. 3,574 crores in Haryana,
454 km worth Rs. 3,301
crores in Punjab and 204 km
worth Rs. 3,664 crores have
also been awarded to NHAI.
On the occasion, the Union Min-
ister for Culture and HUPA, Ms.
Selja, said that highway develop-
road transportation
Dr. C.P. Joshi, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, unveiling the plaque
to open the first RFID Technology based electronic Toll Collection Plaza. Seen applaud-
ing are Ms. Selja, Union Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Cul-
ture, Mr. Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Chief Minister of Haryana, and Mr. Prakash Singh
Badal, Chief Minister of Punjab
Dr. Joshi assured compliance
of the balance projects of Ro-
htak-Hisar, Ambala-Kaithal,
Kaithal-Rajasthan border, and
Hisar-Dabwali in Haryana,
Jalandhar-Amritsar, Ludhiana-
Chandigarh, Sri Ganganana-
gar-Amritsar, and Jalandhar-
Haryana border in Punjab, and
Parwanoo-Solan, Solan-Shim-
la, and Ner Chowk-Manali in
Himachal Pradesh soon after
the scrutiny of technical as-
pects of these projects.