FASTags must from today midnight: Charges, documents required and other details here
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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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FASTag Is Mandatory For Your Car From Today: Here Is Everything You Need to Know
FASTag payment has already been enabled at more than 720 toll plazas on national highways across India.
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FASTag is becoming mandatory starting today. Everyone who has a road trip on the cards will need a FASTag for their car in order to cross toll plaza s across national highways. The deadline today is an extended deadline from the previous January 1 deadline put in place by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. FASTag s are meant to enable contactless toll payments across national highways in the country and can be issued via multiple banks including HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, Kotak Bank, Paytm Payments Bank and IDFC First Bank, to name a few. FASTag payments option has already been enabled at more than 720 toll plazas on national highways across India.
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It can be purchased online from banks
It can also be bought through retailers like Amazon, Paytm
New Delhi: The automatic toll plaza payment system FASTag has become mandatory from February 15. People driving vehicles that do not have the tag yet would have to pay a fee equivalent to two times the usual charge at toll plazas.
The extra charge will apply to vehicles even if the tag is present but not working due to insufficient balance or any other reason.
In a notification released on Sunday, the central government said that all fee lanes in toll plazas on National Highways will be able to read the tags from February 15.
FASTag mandatory from February 15 midnight: How it works, who is exempted, and other questions answered
Those vehicle users who fail to install FASTag on their vehicles would be charged double the toll amount on national highways. Here s everything you need to know about FASTags.
In November 2020, the ministry had issued a notification making FASTag mandatory by January 1, 2021.
The use of FASTag will be mandatory from February 15 midnight, said the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. Those vehicle users who fail to install FASTag on their vehicles It has been decided that all the lanes in the fee plazas on national highways shall be declared as FasTag lane of the fee plaza with effect from midnight of 15th /16th February 2021, the statement said.
FASTag mandatory from February 15 midnight, violators to pay twice the toll charge
Vehicles not fitted with FASTag or without valid/functional FASTag entering into the FASTag lane will pay two time equivalent fee of the fee applicable. February 15, 2021 / 11:18 PM IST
FASTag has been made mandatory for all vehicles from February 15 midnight, the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said in a press statement. It has been decided that all the lanes in the fee plazas on National Highways shall be declared as FasTag lane of the fee plaza w.e.f. midnight of 15th /16th February 2021, the statement said.