(THE GIST OF PIB) Multi-Lane Free Flow (MLFF) Tolling System

(SEPTEMBER-2025)

Recently, the Indian Highways Management Company Limited (IHMCL), a company promoted by NHAI has signed an agreement with ICICI Bank to implement country’s first comprehensive Multi-Lane Free Flow (MLFF) tolling system at Choryasi Fee Plaza in Gujarat on NH-48.

It is a barrier-less tolling system that enables transactions through reading of FASTag and Vehicle Registration Number (VRN) by High performance RFID Readers and ANPR Cameras.
Significance of Multi-Lane Free Flow (MLFF) Tolling System
It enables seamless toll collection without stopping vehicles at fee plazas, reducing congestion and travel time leading to enhanced fuel efficiency and lowering emissions.
Implementation of MLFF will also contribute towards improving toll revenue collection and creating a smarter, faster and more efficient National Highway network across the country.

It is India’s premier highway infrastructure creator entrusted with developing, maintaining, and managing National Highways.
It is a statutory body under the administrative control of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
It was constituted under National Highways Authority of India Act, 1998 and made operational in February 1995.
Composition: It consists of a full time Chairman, and not more than five full time Members and four part time Members who are appointed by the Central Government.
The part time Members are the Secretary (RT&H), Secretary (Expenditure), Secretary (Planning) and DG (RD) & SS.