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Electronic toll system launched

Sun News Desk : Experimental Electronic Toll System (ETC) program has launched on the Padma Bridge on Wednesday.

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The program began at the smart booth toll plaza at Mawa end of the bridge.

The toll will be collected automatically through radio frequency identification (RFID) in one lane of both the ends of the bridge. There will be no need for cash transactions and no vehicles will have to stop at toll plazas.

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When any registered vehicle comes in front of the toll plaza, automatically the toll will be collected through robotic cameras. It will take 2 to 3 seconds.

Bridge Secretary Md Manjur Hossain said the toll booths are being set up by Korean Expressway Corporation. For automated toll payment, special radio frequency identification (RFID) cards needed to be affixed to the windshield of vehicles.

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Automatic tolling system will deduct the toll from the pre-paid card through Fast Track. Vehicles must have the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) approved RFID tags for digital payments.

Sun News/MR

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