FASTags must from today midnight: Charges, documents required and other details here
The FASTags have also been made mandatory for the registration of new four-wheelers.Premium
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FASTag, the automatic toll plaza payment system, is being made mandatory for all vehicles in the country from today midnight, the Central Government said in a statement on Sunday. Union Road Transport and Highways Ministry has decided that all lanes in the fee plazas on National Highways shall be declared as FASTag lane of the fee plaza from midnight of 15th/16th February 2021, the government s Press Information Bureau said in a statement.
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After multiple extensions, the Union Transport Ministry said that any vehicle passing through NH toll plazas without a FASTag from the midnight of 15-16 February will have to pay up twice the toll charge.
The ministry said that the deadline for the implementation of FASTag would not be extended further and that the vehicle owners should immediately adopt the e-payment facility.
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) had introduced electronic toll collection through FASTag across the country back in 2014, but it was an optional system. Toll plazas had separate lanes dedicated to tag users, but the system wasn’t quite effective.
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FASTag mandatory from Feb 15 midnight: Be ready to pay double if your vehicle doesn t have FASTag
As per National Highways Fee Rules 2008, a double toll charge would be collected from the vehicles entering FASTag lanes without the tag or vehicle without valid, functional FASTag
BusinessToday.In | February 14, 2021 | Updated 20:03 IST
FASTag declared mandatory from midnight of February 15
The Indian government has made it mandatory for all vehicles to use FASTag, an electronic toll collection, starting midnight of February 15. All lanes in the fee plazas on National Highways will be declared as FASTag lane of the fee plaza from the midnight of February 15, as per the guideline issued by the Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways on Sunday.