Federal Minister for Communications, Abdul Aleem Khan, announced that vehicles with M-Tag will get a special discount at toll plazas.
He made this announcement during a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Communications, led by Pervez Rasheed. The minister said this discount is also to encourage more people to use M-Tag.
He pointed out that 42 percent of the country’s roads are in Balochistan, but there are no toll plazas there, making it hard to maintain and improve the roads.
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In Gilgit-Baltistan, there is only one toll plaza for 900 kilometers of roads. Last year, Rs. 60 billion was collected in tolls from highways and motorways, and this is expected to rise to over Rs. 100 billion.
The committee was also informed that there are 38 million vehicles in the country, 70 percent of which are motorcycles. Of the 2.7 million large vehicles, 70 percent are old.
In response to a notice, he also also said that the National Highway Authority will deploy 2,500 motorway police officers on various highways in Balochistan to monitor speeding and ensure road safety.
