January 15, 2020 7:48 PM

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Govt relaxes FASTag norms for 65 toll plazas

<span style="color: #222222;">The government today said,  to facilitate smooth flow of traffic FASTag norms for 65 toll plazas with high cash transactions have been relaxed to allow them to convert up to 25 per cent of FASTag lane of Fee Plaza into hybrid lanes for 30 days.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Transport ministry statement said, it has been done on the request of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) so that the citizens are not put to any inconvenience.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' The government has rolled out FASTag-based electronic toll collection mechanism from December 15 last across all toll plazas of the NHAI and has mandated the use of FASTags across at least 75 per cent lanes of toll plazas and has restricted use of cash mode of payment to a maximum of 25 per cent lanes of toll plazas.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' These 65 plazas are located Pan-India including Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab, Chandigarh and Andhra Pradesh. FASTags-based toll collection system has been rolled out across  527 national highways.</span><br />''  

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