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Gadkari unveils plans for uniform toll policy to ease highway travel

The highways ministry had constructed 13,435.4 kilometres in 2020-21; 10,457.2 km in 2021-22; 10,331 km in 2022-23, and 12,349 km in 2023-24.

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Nitin Gadkari to ease travel on National Highways (X/@gemsofbabus_)

The road transport ministry is working on a uniform toll policy to benefit national highway users, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Monday. Gadkari also asserted that now India's highway infrastructure matches that of the US.

"We are working on a uniform toll policy. It will address the problem faced by the commuters," he told in an interview, without elaborating further. Gadkari was responding to a question on simmering discontent among users of National Highways on account of high toll charges and sub-par road-user experience.

The longest-serving road transport and highways minister said that the ministry has decided to initially implement a barrier-less global navigation satellite system (GNSS)-based toll collection system on national highways.

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