South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) will install ‘Radio Frequency Identity’ (RFID) tags at all 124 entry points in the city.
In the first phase, SDMC had already installed RFID at 13 key points and now it will be installed at 111 points. Installation work will be completed as soon as possible, Mayor of SDMC Anamika said.
“The system ensures that all commercial vehicles will have to pay the tax and ECC through RFID and the move will promote a cashless system, she added.
The move will not only help in reducing air pollution but also will reduce time of vehicles while entering the city. “This will also help in calculating toll tax and ‘Environmental Compensation Charge’ (ECC) through a click. Besides this, sensors installed at these points will help in classification of toll tax and ECC by categorizing vehicles entering in the city,” he said.
The new RFID system allows automatic collection of MCD tax and environment compensation charges from commercial vehicles. It is aimed at reducing pollution by easing traffic congestion and plug revenue leakage by ensuring transparency. Once a person buys an RFID tag and pastes it on his registered vehicle, MCD tax and environment compensation charge (ECC) will be deducted at the 13 toll plazas automatically.
The SDMC is the nodal agency for implementing the new cashless border toll system at 13 busy border points of the national capital. It has decided that non-RFID commercial vehicles won't be allowed to enter the city after September 13. Vehicle owners can recharge their RFID accounts on ecctagsdmc.com or mobile application — MCD TOLL — and at the 28 point of sale kiosks at the 13 entry/exit points.
