New Delhi: The federal government on Sunday stated it has made FASTags necessary from February 15 midnight and any automobile not fitted with it is going to be charged double the toll at digital toll plazas throughout the nation. The Ministry of Highway Transport & Highways in an announcement stated it has determined that every one lanes within the payment plazas on Nationwide Highways shall be declared as ‘FASTag lane of the payment plaza’ from midnight of fifteenth/sixteenth February 2021.“Subsequently, as per NH Payment Guidelines 2008, any automobile not fitted with FASTag or automobile with out legitimate, useful FASTag coming into into the FASTag lane of the payment plaza shall pay a payment equal to 2 occasions of the payment relevant to that class,” the assertion stated.
The ministry has clarified that this has been carried out to additional promote payment fee by digital mode, cut back ready time and gas consumption, and supply for a seamless passage by the payment plazas.
The ministry had mandated the fitment of FASTag in M&N classes of motor autos with impact from January 1, 2021.
Class ‘M’ stands for a motorcar with no less than 4 wheels used for carrying passengers. And Class ‘N’ stands for a motorcar with no less than 4 wheels used for carrying items, which can additionally carry individuals along with items.
