National Highways Authority of India, NHAI will charge double toll from vehicles with Non-affixed FASTag on front windshield. The authority said that deliberate non-affixation of FASTag on the windscreen leads to unnecessary delays at the toll plazas causing inconvenience to the National Highway users. It said, detailed Standard Operating Procedures have been issued to all User Fee Collection Agencies and Concessionaires to charge double user fees in case of non-affixation of FASTag on the front windshield. At present, the user fee is collected for approximately 45 thousand kilometres of National Highways and Expressways at around one thousand Toll Plazas across the country. With a penetration rate of around 98 percent and over eight crore users, FASTag has revolutionized the Electronic Toll Collection system in the country.
Disclaimer: This press release is sourced from News On AIR, Prasar Bharti and Press Information Bureau India (PIB).
