Toll plazas to go online

New Delhi Aug 17: A relief for vehicle drivers.
The Road Transport and Highways Ministry had issued a statement today stating that "From September 1, one lane at all toll plaza of national highways will be earmarked for vehicles with FASTags".

The notification has also stated that "Out of all Hybrid Lanes, at least one shall be exclusively dedicated to FASTag vehicles where no other mode of Toll Payment shall be accepted. This exclusive one lane for FASTag vehicles will be operational with effect from September 1, 2017".

FASTags can be installed on to the windshield of the vehicle, and toll payments are made directly from the pre-paid account linked to it.From Friday, FASTags can be purchased online as well from the website of banks, National Highways Authority of India and Indian Highways Management Company Limited.

"Apart from the online sale, from tomorrow, August 18, 2017, FASTags can also be bought from sale points of Common Services Centre (CSC) to be set up near toll plazas"the statement added.

The government said that the installation and integration of Radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags at all toll plaza lanes is already
in progress and will likely be completed by October 31.