Mumbai : The current toll collection system on the Bandra-Worli Sea Bridge is outdated. Queues of vehicles are adding as it frequently takes time to collect road tax. Considering all these factors, the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation(MSRDC) has decided to change the road toll collection system on the Sagari Setu.
A sophisticated automatic toll collection system will be installed on the Sagari Bridge by the end of June. It's believed that this will speed up the collection of road toll on the Sea Bridge and break the problem of long queues of vehicles needed to pay the toll. Automatic toll collection system is in operation at Sagari Setu. But now this system is out dated.
Maintenance and repair work has also increased. There are numerous complaints that it takes time to collect road tax. There's also a picture that the ranges of vehicles are adding as the collection of road tax isn't being done presto. Thus, now a decision has been taken to change the toll collection system on the Sagari Setu, a elderly officer in MSRDC told Loksatta.
The official said that a state-of-the-art automatic road tax collection system will be installed there and an expenditure of Rs3 to 4 crore is anticipated. This work will be done through a company specialized in the rearmost automatic road tax collection system. The final decision regarding extending for this will be taken soon. MSRDC is planning to install a new road toll collection system on the Bandra-Worli Sea Bridge by the end of June after completing all the affiliated procedures.
