Tamil Nadu’s first booth-less toll system becomes operational at Paranur
Tamil Nadu has implemented its first booth-less toll system at the Paranur plaza on the Chennai-Tiruchi National Highway. The multi-lane free flow system uses RFID and automatic number plate recognition to reduce traffic congestion.
Why it matters
This infrastructure upgrade represents a significant shift toward digital, automated traffic management in India's transport sector.
The Paranur toll plaza on the Chennai-Tiruchi National Highway becomes Tamil Nadu’s first booth-less facility and gets multi-lane free flow (MLFF) system. The plaza became operational from Wednesday (September 30, 2026) night.
Sources in the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) said that vehicles with FASTag cards or exempt tags including judges, district collectors, Members of Parliament, and Members of Legislative Assembly, will be able to zip through without any waiting time, as their tags would be scanned a little ahead of the plaza point.
Vehicles without the tags or with insufficient balance will be issued challans.
In place of the manned booths, tall gantries with RFID readers, radar scanners, audit surveillance cameras, and FASTag-automatic number plate recognition system have been installed.
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