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Tamil Nadu’s first booth-less toll plaza opens at Paranur
The Paranur toll plaza on the Chennai-Tiruchi National Highway became Tamil Nadu's first booth-less facility on Wednesday (7 October) night, operating with a multi-lane free flow (MLFF) system. Vehicles with FASTag cards or exempt tags will be scanned ahead of the plaza point, allowing them to pass without stopping.
Vehicles without tags or with insufficient balance will be issued challans. The plaza, which sees around 46,500 vehicles daily, has replaced manned booths with gantries equipped with RFID readers, radar scanners, surveillance cameras, and automatic number plate recognition systems.
The National Highways Authority of India stated the system aims to reduce congestion and improve travel, especially during the upcoming festive season when traffic to southern parts of the state increases.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The shift to a booth-less system at Paranur directly affects the 46,500 daily commuters on this route, promising faster transit and reduced wait times. The new enforcement mechanism, issuing challans automatically for non-compliant vehicles, shifts penalty collection from manual checks to automated detection, which may increase compliance rates. With the festive season approaching, the timing targets the period of highest traffic volume. How smoothly the challan issuance and collection system functions under peak load will determine whether this pilot is expanded to other toll plazas in the state.
Source: thehindu.com
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