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thinking of identifying the vehicles properly. We
are doing it with the RFID a passive technology.
The technology must be coupled with some
purse-based device where the transaction
can be maintained. The exact RFID account
or the FASTag account can be linked with the
smartcard wherein we can maintain the purse
and we can have the current transactions
done. So, the technology, yes, I mean now
after the SLA guidelines have come, NHAI is
also demanding for uptimes because that
is also necessary. We have converted all the
lanes to hybrid but then they have to be on
also all the times to increase the ETC. So, this is
a good initiative by the government and NHAI.
As from system integrator point of view,
we are trying to keep the infrastructure
under-deliveries, charge-back issues but available to accept the payments but again
the positive side is that things are settling the limitation is the technology that we are
down. When we started the program and using, it is not allowing us to remove the
it kicked up steam in December 2016, blacklist concept, somehow that needs to be
we had a situation where under 34 to 40 addressed, and this is the concern.
heads, we were getting rejections on a The same can be done with the high
daily basis. But in the last six months, it has security number plate because that is also
been largely restricted to some blacklist an RFID device that will give you a unique
rejections or some charge back once in identification of that vehicle all over the
a while. So, I believe that the system has country. So, I think some combination of
been stabilised; there are some bottlenecks technology with RFID, existing infrastructure
that we need to overcome with respect to or the backend, needs to be integrated to
We have a lot of blacklist and other kind of issues like class overcome this problem. Otherwise, we are
discrepancy. We are in an improvement
going to fight with the identification because
queuing up before mode and the scenario looks positive. the technology itself says 99.4 percent.
the pay access and All of us aspire for the gantry-based tolling The second thing which is being
pre-classification without boom barriers. We have adopted discussed is that very few cars go out of the
becomess a challenge passive RFID technology where irrespective city limits. When the new cars come to the
as far as the accuracy of the improvements that the concessionaire toll, they are unaware that they are having
makes on the reading and other capabilities,
is concerned. we still have to check every FASTag against a tag. They have done their KYC and they
have balance in the RFID account, they pay
That is why in the the blacklist register. As long as we need to also and the tag is also deducted. The dealer
Indian scenario, we do that I am not very sure how we are able while selling the car is doing the KYC but he
have adopted post to get to that level of speed. is not educating the client why he is doing it.
classification. Not Technology So, I think that also needs to be addressed.
that pre-classification Sandeep Pawar: Talking about Now the question is, is FASTag easily
available?
has not happened, technology, five years back we were only As per current situation, banks are
concentrating on the cash receipts. Way
it has happened, but back in 1998, we were only talking about issuing the tags to the user but many cases
people face many the receipts; there was no automation also. have been observed in few cases that the
challenges in the So till 2015, before the pilots were going on class is not followed or the class that the tag
accuracy. in ETC, everybody was concentrating on the has is different than the type of the vehicle.
It is not creating any problem as far as the
cash receipts and the AVC part. After the ETC
Sandeep Pawar concept has been implemented, we are now revenue is concerned to the concessionaire

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