Today, Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari announced that the new satellite-based toll collection system will be unveiled shortly and that the government is discontinuing the use of tolls. "Toll is now being discontinued, and a satellite-based toll collection system will be in place. Your bank account will be debited, and you will be charged based on the distance you travel. 

Time and money can be saved by doing this. Traveling from Mumbai to Pune used to take nine hours, but now it just takes two, according to Gadkari. Speaking on the Bharatmala Pariyojana, which intends to create over 26,000 km of economic corridors, Nitin Gadkari stressed how important these corridors are for managing the majority of freight traffic, together with the Golden Quadrilateral, North-South, and East-West routes.

By 2024, he is confident that the project would transform the future of the country. Gadkari expressed confidence in his ability to accomplish this aim and stated his ambition to bring India's National Highway road network up to the level of the United States.

Nitin Gadkari had declared earlier in December that the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) intends to implement this new system by March 2024. The World Bank has been informed of initiatives to expedite procedures and shorten lines at toll plazas. 

The average wait time at toll plazas has dramatically dropped to just 47 seconds after FASTag was implemented, which is a considerable improvement over the prior average of 714 seconds.

Between April and November of this fiscal year, there was an approximate 10% increase in construction and expansion activity on National Highways when compared to the same time from 2011 to 2023. Nonetheless, there has been a 52% decrease in the number of new construction projects allocated this year.