Motorists passing through the Tambaram and Tindivanam section of Tamil Nadu’s national highway network will no longer have to stop at the Paranur toll plaza to pay toll. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has introduced a barrier-free toll collection system at Paranur from October 1, allowing vehicles to pass through without stopping at the toll booth. Located near Chengalpattu on National Highway 45, this is the first toll plaza in Tamil Nadu to shift to fully automated fee collection under Multi-Lane Free Flow (MLFF) technology. The toll plaza falls on the 46.5-km Tambaram-Tindivanam stretch.
The system uses a combination of FASTag-linked radio-frequency identification technology and Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras. As a vehicle passes through the tolling zone, overhead equipment reads the FASTag and captures the vehicle registration number. The information is then used to identify the vehicle and process the applicable user fee without requiring it to stop or stay in a designated toll lane.
