New Delhi, Feb. 11 -- Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari announces in Rajya Sabha

Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has announced that the Centre has initiated a pilot project for a GPS-based tolling system on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway and aims to launch the technology before announcing the Lok Sabha polls.

In a written response to a question posed by Lahar Singh Siroya in the Rajya Sabha, Gadkari stated that the Road Transport Ministry has engaged a consultant to provide advisory services on the implementation of new technologies such as the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)-based barrier-less free flow tolling.

Gadkari emphasised that GNSS can retrieve the positioning of the vehicle on the National Highw...