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FASTag declared mandatory from midnight tomorrow
FASTag
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FASTag declared mandatory from midnight tomorrow

| @indiablooms | 14 Feb 2021, 05:47 pm

New Delhi: Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has decided that all lanes in the fee plazas on National Highways shall be declared as “FASTag lane of the fee plaza” from 15th/16th February midnight.

Therefore, as per NH Fee Rules 2008, any vehicle not fitted with FASTag or vehicle without valid, functional FASTagentering into the FASTag lane of the fee plaza shall pay a fee equivalent to two times of the fee applicable to that category.

In a statement issued today, the Ministry has clarified that this has been done to further promote fee payment through digital mode, reduce waiting time and fuel consumption, and provide for a seamless passage through the fee plazas, reada government statement.

The Ministry had mandated fitment of FASTag in M&N categories of motor vehicles with effect from Jan 1.

Category ‘M’ stands for a motor vehicle with at least four wheels used for carrying passengers.And Category ‘N’ stands for a motor vehicle with at least four wheels used for carrying goods, which may also carry persons in addition to goods.

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