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Last day of deadline sees 1.6 lakh RFID tags installed
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SME Times News Bureau | 24 Aug, 2019
About 1.63 lakh RFID tags were issued on Friday, the last day of the
deadline for installing the tags for commercial vehicles entering the
national capital.
Randhir Sahay, Additional Commissioner of SDMC
gave a live feed presentation of the toll plazas that depicted
functional toll plazas enabling RFID tag-labelled commercial vehicles
entering Delhi.
"The new age RFID tag-aided system which
facilitates entry of commercial vehicles without any stoppage at toll
plazas, cashless transaction, automatic deduction of the amount of the
ECC and MCD toll, completion of the process within three seconds, is a
permanent solution to congestion at toll plazas and avoiding long queues
apart from containing air pollution," Sahay said.
He added that
up till midnight of August 23, commercial vehicles without RFID tags
will be allowed entry into Delhi by making cash payment whereas
RFID-labelled vehicles would be charged automatically.
"The penalty for commercial vehicles without RFID tags will be levied immediately after midnight tonight," he said.
Sahay
informed that around 12-15,000 RFID tags are being issued everyday
though the number of RFID tags issued on Friday is going to be
substantial. Till noon 1.63 lakh tags were issued and it is expected
that the figure may touch around 1.75 lakh at midnight.
Commercial
vehicles owners especially Ola and Uber cab drivers had protested
against the plan and claimed that the civic body was not ready with the
proper infrastructure and the drivers have to wait for hours to get the
RFID tags installed.
"We have been waiting for several hours just
to get the tags installed and now when due to their fault we are unable
to get the tags they will penalize us," said Kamal Jeet Gill,
President, Sarvodaya Drivers Association.
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