Gurugram, 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.
A senior NHAI official said, "MCD has been asked to implement gantry-based tolling so that vehicles owners can pay toll digitally, as is happening on NHAI toll plazas using FASTag."
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