There are many vehicles moving on the highway which do not have Fastag. Some people are such that they deliberately do not wear Fastag, but this is not going to happen now. If you have not put Fastag on the windscreen of your vehicle, then you will have to face problems, which will be very important to know. A big rule has been made for the National Highway users who do not intentionally put Fastag on the windscreen, which is very important for you to know.
Drivers should be careful, if FASTag is not installed on the windshield then this will be a big action.
NHAI has taken strict steps. Users who enter the toll lane from inside the vehicle without pasting the FASTag on the front windscreen. Along with this, NHAI has issued an order to charge double the fees from them. This information was given by issuing an official release on Thursday. According to NHAI, deliberate non-installation of Fastag on the windscreen leads to excessive delay at the toll plaza. Due to this, pedestrians have to face a lot of inconvenience on the national highway.
NHAI said a big thing in the statement
NHAI has shared some big information in its statement. The statement said that a detailed standard operating procedure has been issued to all user collection agencies and concessionaires to charge double user percentage in case FASTag is not affixed on the front windscreen. According to the statement, this information will be displayed prominently at all user fee plazas.
Along with this, drivers passing through the National Highway will have to face toll penalty without a fixed Fastag on the windscreen. To avoid this problem, important things have to be kept in mind. The work of recording CCTV footage along with the vehicle registration number will be done at the fee plaza for vehicles which do not have Fastag. At the same time, this will go a long way in maintaining proper records regarding the fees collected and the presence of the vehicle in the toll lane.
Know how the recovery is done
According to the NHAI National Highway Fee Rules, as of 2008, user fees are collected on National Highways. The work of collecting fees from users for about 45,000 kilometers of national highways and expressways is done at about 1,000 toll plazas on this highway across the country.
Drivers should be careful, if FASTag is not installed on the windshield then this will be a big action.
With a penetration rate of around 98 percent and more than 8 crore users, Fastag has revolutionized the electronic toll collection system in the country. After Fastag, there was less congestion at the toll plaza.