Cashless fare deduction machinery could soon come up on Delhi Meerut Expressway

  • | Saturday | 29th August, 2020

The DME project spans 8.7km in phase 1 from Akshardham to UP Gate; 19.28km in phase 2 from UP Gate to Dasna; and 31.78km in phase 4 from Dasna to Meerut which is a dedicated access-controlled expressway. The NHAI officials said the exit/entry points will be Akshardham, Indirapuram, near ABES College, Eastern Peripheral Expressway and Bhojpur in Ghaziabad and the final one at Partapur in Meerut.

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has planned cashless fare deduction for the 60km stretch of the Delhi Meerut Expressway (DME) and a proposal has been mooted for the installation of ‘automatic number plate readers (ANPRs)’ at all the six entry/exit points near Akshardham in Delhi and Meerut in western Uttar Pradesh.

The DME project spans 8.7km in phase 1 from Akshardham to UP Gate; 19.28km in phase 2 from UP Gate to Dasna; and 31.78km in phase 4 from Dasna to Meerut which is a dedicated access-controlled expressway. The NHAI officials said the exit/entry points will be Akshardham, Indirapuram, near ABES College, Eastern Peripheral Expressway and Bhojpur in Ghaziabad and the final one at Partapur in Meerut.

“We have proposed installation of ANPRs at all entry/exit points. The device will read the vehicle’s front and rear number plates at the entry point and calculate the fare when the vehicle arrives at the exit point. The fare will automatically be deducted from the wallet account of the commuter. For this, commuters will have to register as they did for Fastags,” Mudit Garg, project director, NHAI, said.

“In case the vehicle has a non-standard registration plate, the exit gates will not open. In such a case, the commuter will have to pay in cash and that too for the entire 60km stretch, irrespective of from where (s)he got on. The systems will be installed in November for phase 1, which is an operational phase, and in December for phase 2 and phase 4 once the construction work is complete. A proposal has also been sent to headquarters and it is likely to get cleared,” he said.

The officials said the fare will be charged according to the per kilometer of distance traveled by the vehicle.


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