Delivering a free-flow milestone in India

Located on one of India’s most strategic road corridors, the Daulatpura toll plaza serves the Delhi–Jaipur Expressway, a key route connecting the Delhi region with the state of Rajasthan. For a busy six-lane corridor supporting both daily mobility and long-distance traffic, the shift to free-flow tolling marks a concrete improvement in the travel experience for road users.

Fast-track delivery

Delivered with Airtel Payments Bank for Indian Highways Management Company Limited , a joint venture led by NHAI , the Daulatpura deployment supports India’s ambitious national programme to accelerate the transition towards multi-lane free-flow tolling.

ViaPlus brought the toll plaza into free-flow operation in just five months, leading the end-to-end delivery of the system across design, roadside equipment integration, back-office systems and image review capabilities. 

This rapid delivery reflects ViaPlus’ strong technical capabilities and close coordination with its partner  Airtel Payment Bank . ViaPlus already processes around 40% of India’s electronic toll collection transactions, giving it a solid operational understanding of one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing tolling markets.

AI-powered tolling for high-volume traffic conditions

For its transition to barrier-free tolling, India has chosen a multi-lane free-flow model, or MLFF. Unlike other free-flow systems that operate on a single dedicated lane in some countries, MLFF enables vehicles to move across several lanes, while the system identifies them, verifies the transaction and processes the toll automatically.

In India, MLFF combines FASTag, the country’s electronic toll collection system based on RFID tags fixed to vehicle windscreens, with Automatic Number Plate Recognition cameras and centralized back-office processing. As a vehicle passes through the tolling point, the system identifies the vehicle, verifies the transaction and processes the toll automatically.

At Daulatpura, AI-based image review technology strengthens this process by supporting license plate recognition and transaction verification, especially when additional checks are required. With vehicle classification and detection performed entirely using overhead sensors, the result is a smooth and automated system that enables reliable free-flow tolling operations in high-volume traffic conditions.

Supporting India’s national move to smarter highways

India is rapidly moving towards a smarter and more technology-driven national highway tolling ecosystem. The MLFF model is part of a broader transition aimed at making journeys faster, more seamless and more efficient across the national network. The momentum is accelerating, with India now preparing larger-scale deployments covering multiple toll plazas across key highway corridors. 

In this context, the opening of Daulatpura is both an operational and technological milestone for ViaPlus and a proof point for its ability to support large-scale digital transformation in road mobility.