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                          Smart cards available at toll gates: Delhi-Gurgaon Super Connectivity Ltd

GURGAON: During Tuesday’s hearing in Punjab and Haryana high court, the private concessionaire, Delhi-Gurgaon Super Connectivity Ltd (DGSCL), said that it has already started distributing “touch-and-go” smart cards to commuters. The court was satisfied with the outcome of the meeting held last month by the stakeholders to solve the traffic jam problem on the e-way.

DGSCL claimed that commuters have already been issued smart cards at the three toll plazas of the Delhi-Gurgaon expressway. The three toll plazas are located at the Delhi-Gurgaon border, Kherki Dhaula and IGI Airport in Delhi. A spokesperson said that the marketing department had planned to publicize it in the coming days. The concessionaire has introduced two types of cards – Flexi Smart and Smart Express. Flexi Smart does not offer any discount on toll charges and is valid for life (till 2023). This card is available at a minimum value of Rs 200. The same goes for tags.

Smart Express offers a discount of 50% on 40 trips and is valid for one month. In other words, commuters will have to pay just Rs 10.50 per trip instead of the actual amount of Rs 21, but at the same time the discount will be valid on 40 trips in one month. No identity proofs are required to buy these cards.

The spokesperson added that the company is planning to make the cards available at petrol pumps near the toll plaza for the commuter’s convenience. The company is also considering finding a cheaper version of tags to make them available to commuters free of charge. The imported tags are quite costly. As far as installation of CCTV cameras at the “red line” drawn after 400 metres on both sides of the 32-lane toll plaza is concerned, the spokesperson said that this would be done within a week’s time.