India, March 12 -- The Union ministry of road transport and highways (Morth) has directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to collect toll from commercial vehicles at the Delhi-Gurugram border at Sirhaul only via digital means - not manually. The decision, officials said, was taken to prevent traffic jams and congestion at the Sirhaul toll plaza, near the Ambience Mall on the Delhi-Jaipur expressway.

Morth secretary V Umashankar issued the order during a meeting held at Transport Bhawan. GMDA CEO Shyamal Misra, Gurugram DCP (traffic) Virender Vij, and senior MCD and NHAI officials were also present.

A senior NHAI official privy to the proceedings at the meeting said, "MCD has been asked to implement gantry-based tolling so that ...