Highway tolls shouldn't be charged for pothole-filled or muddy roads, Nitin Gadkari tells highway agencies

Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari emphasized that highway agencies should not charge tolls for poorly maintained roads. Speaking at a global workshop on satellite-based tolling, he stressed that good services must precede toll collection. Gadkari addressed the inefficiencies and long wait times at toll plazas, promoting a GNSS-based toll collection system to enhance transparency and efficiency, reducing logistics costs and benefiting users.