Maharashtra Transport Minister instructs to start AI-driven toll collection system

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To “ease postulation congestion” and “reduce aerial pollution” astatine Mumbai’s bluish introduction point, Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik connected Tuesday (November 11, 2025) directed officials to contiguous a caller connection for an AI-driven toll postulation strategy to regenerate the existing Dahisar toll plaza successful Mumbai. The determination aims to marque “toll outgo faster” done the usage of artificial quality technology.

Highlighting the contented of postulation jams caused by the canvass plaza astatine the North introduction constituent of Mumbai, Mr. Sarnaik said, “Every day, the congestion hinders ambulances, schoolhouse buses and indispensable services and besides adds to pollution, wasting the clip of passengers.”

He gave instructions to velocity up the outgo strategy astatine the toll booths during the gathering with Assistant Commissioner of Police Anil Kumbhare (Brihanmumbai Police Commissionerate), Datta Shinde, National Highways (Additional Commissioner of Police Mira-Bhayander), Director of the Authority Anshumali Srivastava, Project Director Suhas Chitnis, Jayant Mhaiskar (Chief Managing Director MEP Infrastructure), N.K. Vengurlekar (Assistant Commissioner, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation), Deepak Khambrit (City Engineer, Mira-Bhayander) and different acrophobic officials.

“The different solution to relocate the plaza has besides been discussed, but citizens person opposed it. Considering the opposition, the contiguous remedy is to present a caller toll outgo process based connected artificial quality to debar crowding astatine the toll plaza. So proposals should beryllium instantly submitted,” Mr. Sarnaik added.

Published - November 12, 2025 08:20 americium IST

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