Lok Sabha Question No. 870 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-04
Subject: Digital-Highway Initiative
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shri Manoj Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 870 ANSWERED ON 04 TH  DECEMBER, 2025

## DIGITAL-HIGHWAY INITIATIVE

870. SHRI MANOJ KUMAR:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  initiated  the transformation of national highways into intelligent mobility corridors by deploying realtime monitoring, smart tolling, Vehicle to Infrastructure (V2I) systems and  data-driven  asset  management  of  roads  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (b)  the  number of highway packages in Bihar (including tribal/remote districts) that have been selected under this digitisation initiative and the budget committed thereto;
- (c)  whether  there  are  pilot  projects  in  tribal/backward/SC  regions  to test  technologies  such  as  geotagged  maintenance,  smart  tolls  and remote monitoring and if so, the outcomes thereof; and
- (d) whether the Government has fixed a timeline for the full rollout of the  digitised-highway  initiative  across  all  new  National  Highway corridors  and  by  when  the  first  progress  report  (in  2025-26)  would provide a breakdown of progress by tribal/backward/SC districts?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a) Yes  Sir,  the  Government  seeks  to  roll  out  Advanced  Traffic Management  System,  based  on  an  array  of  towrer-  and  gantrymounted incident-detecting and speed-monitoring cameras with central monitoring locations, across all National Highways of 4-lane configuration and above. It is also initiating barrier-less tolling based on Multi-Lane  Free  Flow  (MLFF)  Electronic  Toll  Collection  system utilizing  integrated  technologies,  notably  Automatic  Number  Plate Recognition  (ANPR)  with  AI  analytics,  combined  with  the  existing RFID-based Electronic Toll Collection (FASTag). Request for Proposal (RFP) to implement FASTag+ANPR/AI barrier-free user fee collection system  on  the  selected  fee  plazas  has  been  invited/finalized  (List Attached at the Annexure), with the possibility of implementing it on other fee plazas in a phased manner depending upon the outcomes and efficacy of the implementation on these projects.

For  data  driven  asset  management, the  Government  is  carrying  out Network  Survey  Vehicles  (NSVs)  surveys,  drone  surveys,  visual inspections,  Dashboard  Camera  Surveys  (under  procurement),  etc. periodically for assessing and monitoring the condition of pavement and other assets of National Highways.

Further, to improve road safety and reduce road fatalities, Government in Ministry of Communications has earmarked 5875-5925 MHz  (50  MHz)  for  Intelligent  Transport  System  (V2X)  use  under National Frequency Allocation Plan (NFAP-2025).

(b), (c) & (d) Digital initiatives on the National Highways are going to be  a  continuous  process  based  on  corridor-based  need  assessment and has no specific state-wise/ region-wise targets.

ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART(A) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  870 ON  04 TH  DECEMBER,  2025 ASKED  BY SHRI  MANOJ  KUMAR  REGARDING  'DIGITAL-HIGHWAY INITIATIVE"

|   S. No. | Toll Plaza Name                                     | Corridor Name                | Status       |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------|
|        1 | Choryasi Fee Plaza                                  | Bharuch-Surat (NH-8)         | Awarded      |
|        2 | Gharaunda Fee Plaza                                 | Panipat-Jalandhar (NH-44)    | Awarded      |
|        3 | Manoharpura Fee Plaza                               | Delhi-Jaipur (NH-48)         | Awarded      |
|        4 | Shahjahanpur Fee Plaza                              | Delhi-Jaipur (NH-48)         | Awarded      |
|        5 | Daulatpura Fee Plaza                                | Delhi-Jaipur (NH-48)         | Awarded      |
|        6 | UER-II                                              | UER-II (NH-344M and 344P)    | Awarded      |
|        7 | Bijwasan & Kukrola Fee Plaza (Shifted Khedki Daula) | Dwarka Expressway (NH-248BB) | Bids Invited |
|        8 | Kaniminike Fee Plaza                                | Bangalore-Mysore Highway     | Bids Invited |
|        9 | Sheshagirihalli Fee Plaza                           | Bangalore-Mysore Highway     | Bids Invited |
|       10 | Gananguru Fee Plaza                                 | Bangalore-Mysore Highway     | Bids Invited |

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|   11. | Nemili Fee Plaza (Sriperumbudur)   | Walajapet - Poomalle (NH-48)   | Bids Invited   |
|-------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------|
|    12 | Chennasamudram Fee Plaza           | Walajapet - Poomalle (NH-48)   | Bids Invited   |
|    13 | Paranur Fee Plaza                  | Tambaram - Tindivanam (NH-32)  | Bids Invited   |
|    14 | Boriach Fee Plaza                  | Surat-Dahisar (NH-48)          | Bids Invited   |
|    15 | Amakathadu Fee Plaza               | Hyderabad - Bangalore (NH-44)  | Bids Invited   |
|    16 | Kasepalli Fee Plaza                | Hyderabad - Bangalore (NH-44)  | Bids Invited   |
|    17 | Marur Fee Plaza                    | Hyderabad - Bangalore (NH-44)  | Bids Invited   |

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