In order to further increase digital collection of user fee via FASTag at NH fee plazas, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to waive off the FASTag cost of Rs.100/- for NHAI FASTag between 15th and 29th February, 2020 Ministry of Road Transport & Highways FASTag to be available free of charge for 15 days In order to further increase digital … [Read more...]
Minimum Distance between two toll plazas
Any other fee plaza on same section of national highway and in the same direction shall not be established within a distance of sixty kilometres Passengers have to face the loss of money and time due to existence of toll plazas at short intervals on National Highways (NHs) in the country. Information was sought in Parliament in respect of Minimum Distance between two toll … [Read more...]
Use of FASTags at Toll Plazas
The following questions were raised in Loksabha regarding use of FASTags at Toll Plazas and total number of fastags issued as on date As on 28.01.2020, more than 1.4 Crores FASTags have been issued UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 746 ANSWERED ON:06.02.2020 (a) whether the Government is aware that only 50 per cent of FASTags are issued by various agencies in the … [Read more...]
FASTag in Petrol bunks to beat queues
Sample this. You drive into a petrol pump, a Radio-frequency Identification (RFID) reader on the fuel nozzle finds out how much petrol or diesel you want to buy, the attendant refills your car tank and you drive out without waiting to pay the bill. This is the scene across several HPCL petrol pumps in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane and Pune. Mumbai-based startup AGS Transact … [Read more...]
FASTag rules relaxed plazas have been allowed to convert up to 25 per cent of all fee lanes
The move comes in the wake of NHAI raising concerns regarding high cash transactions on its 65 identified fee plazas. The government has relaxed norms for declaration of FASTag fee lanes for 30 days from Wednesday (January 15) at the identified 65 high cash transactions fee plazas of NHAI. These plazas have been allowed to convert up to 25 per cent of all fee lanes to … [Read more...]