Overview
- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi House passed the amendment proposal on Thursday to change the 2007 toll bye‑laws so the city can move to a Multi‑Lane Free Flow system.
- Under the plan, overhead gantries will identify commercial vehicles with RFID and ANPR and deduct tolls electronically while vehicles keep moving, with FASTag and camera reads accepted as proof of passage.
- If a toll is not realised the system will issue an automated SMS, email or portal notice and the vehicle owner must pay within 72 hours or face electronic warrants, interception and possible auction of the vehicle for recovery.
- The new rules set commercial toll bands from Rs 100 to Rs 2,000, permit up to a 5% annual increase, impose interception penalties equal to five times the toll, and limit exemptions to marked emergency and essential service vehicles.
- Next steps include sending the amendments to the Delhi government for Gazette notification, finishing MLFF contracts and installing gantries and back‑end reconciliation systems ahead of an October 2026 deployment target, while reports differ on whether the Supreme Court order covers 126 or 154 toll points.