Traffic jam at Delhi borders due to RFID system failure. Delhi News – Times of India

New Delhi: The Taxi and Commercial Vehicles Association said traffic jams were witnessed in Delhi’s border areas during peak hours on Friday morning as commercial vehicles entering the national capital were unable to pay toll charges online at booths for the third consecutive day. hard faced.
The general public also had to face the jam.
South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has implemented radio frequency identification (RFID) tags at all 124 entry points of the city. The civic body had already announced that effective July, no commercial vehicle would be allowed inside without an RFID tag.
This order has been implemented from Wednesday at all 124 toll plazas except 11, where farmers are protesting.
An SDMC official said, “Toll operators have been directed to deposit toll charges only through RFID and not accept cash. Traffic jams are only initial hiccups which will be addressed as our team is working to ease the process. continues to work for.”
Delhi Taxi Tourist Transport Association President Sanjay Samrat said long queues are seen at the border toll plazas, causing traffic jams and damage to commercial establishments. “Border posts were jammed even today. The main reason for this is SDMC rfid sensor Many times they fail to read the tags and hence create problems,” he said.
“We have met SDMC officials and demanded that the RFID system should be made mandatory from September 30 instead of July 1,,” said Samrat.
According to municipal officials, around 5 lakh RFID tags have been sold so far.
Passengers also complained of traffic jams at the border. “It usually takes me 45 minutes to reach my office in Chanakya Puri from Noida, but today it took me more than one and a half hours to reach my destination. It is the public who face difficulties due to the jam, only its The reason is it changes,” said Priyansh, who was stuck at DND on his way to office.

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