Inter-state check posts on roads to be taken up during the 12th five year plan

NEW DELHI: Inter-State Checkposts in Golden Quadrilateral and North-South and East-West routes are likely to be taken up for funding by the Road ministry in the 12th five-year plan. There are total 177 Inter-State check posts in the country.

The multiple checks for obtaining clearances for carrying goods and paying certain charges at various checkposts results in lower speeds, loss of time, higher fuel consumption and idling of vehicles leading to under utilisation of transport capacity and adversely affecting their operational viability. It imposes economy wide cost on inland transport even as compared to transportation through imports and does not facilitate smooth flow of freight and passenger movement.

Integration of tags administration with inter-state road freight and passenger movement through online communication network systems at national, regional and local levels would enable a move towards borderless and paperless movement of traffic across state borders reducing transaction cost and overall logistics cost to the economy besides increasing the throughput of goods and passenger vehicles.

The VAHAN and SARATHI platforms which are now being used for national permit scheme can be utilised for implementation of the 'Green Channel' for freight movement with single destination which accounts for a large proportion of the total consignments and is likely to go up with increasing containerisation.

Developing a ' Single Window Clearance System' for all authorised charges at the original check post and at border check post by integrating all officers dealing with taxes an checking of goods is proposed.