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In a large determination towards barrier-free and congestion-free highways, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is exploring implementation of a Multi-Lane Free Flow (MLFF) tolling aviator task connected the 117-km-long Bengaluru–Mysuru Access-Controlled Highway (NH-275) soon.
The MLFF strategy replaces accepted toll booths with overhead gantries equipped with satellite-based GPS technology, high-performance RFID FASTag readers and Automated Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras. These systems automatically place vehicles and deduct toll charges astatine precocious speeds without requiring vehicles to stop, aiming to destruct agelong queues astatine toll plazas.
The task to instrumentality the MLFF strategy on this corridor volition beryllium awarded to a steadfast done a tendering process, officials of the NHAI said. A tender has already been floated, and a fewer firms person submitted bids, which are presently nether evaluation, the authoritative added.
Speaking to The Hindu, NHAI’s Regional Officer (Karnataka) Vilas P. Brahmankar said the task marks a important measurement towards seamless physics tolling. “This is simply a large displacement towards barrier-less toll collection. MLFF enables transactions done the speechmaking of FASTag and Vehicle Registration Numbers (VRN) utilizing high-performance RFID readers and ANPR cameras. Vehicles volition nary longer request to halt astatine toll plazas, which volition trim congestion, prevention question time, amended substance ratio and little vehicular emissions,” helium said.
India rolled retired its archetypal MLFF tolling strategy successful August 2025 astatine the Choryasi Fee Plaza connected NH-48 successful Gujarat. The barrier-free setup allows toll deduction portion vehicles are successful motion, and officials said that it volition assistance chopped congestion and amended wide postulation flow.
Another elder NHAI authoritative told The Hindu that the Bengaluru–Mysuru task would initially relation arsenic a pilot, with existing toll plazas remaining successful spot for the clip being.
“This is simply a investigating phase. While MLFF gantries and systems volition beryllium installed, toll plazas volition not beryllium instantly removed. The aviator volition let america to survey strategy accuracy, idiosyncratic compliance, enforcement challenges and backend colony processes. Based connected its performance, we volition determination towards full-scale implementation and yet signifier retired carnal toll booths,” the authoritative explained.
“This MLFF strategy volition beryllium installed earlier of the existing toll plazas, allowing the toll magnitude to beryllium automatically deducted from FASTag accounts without vehicles having to walk done the toll booths. The strategy has demonstrated 99% ratio and it is virtually error-free,” the authoritative said.
The authoritative added that erstwhile afloat operational, the MLFF strategy would marque tolling astir invisible to roadworthy users, ensuring smoother postulation travel connected 1 of Karnataka’s busiest road corridors connecting Mysuru with the State's superior city. Thousands of vehicles usage this agelong everyday, portion during weekends and agelong holidays, agelong postulation jams are witnessed connected this stretch.
Under the contract, the institution implementing the strategy is besides liable for its cognition and maintenance. The steadfast indispensable guarantee that toll amounts collected from motorists are securely and swiftly transferred to the linked slope accounts.
