Fastag New Rules- NHAI has now ordered strict enforcement of the rules to increase efficiency at toll plazas and to avoid any loss of revenue.
Fastag New Rules: NHMCL, an agency under the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), has notified new rules regarding Fastag. If you have a Fastag and you have not put it on the windshield of the vehicle, then you must do so now. Because now if you try to get the toll deducted with a Fastag in your hand, then you may have to pay double the toll even if you have a Fastag. NHMCL has now had to be strict because some users on the expressway and Greenfield Highway are avoiding paying toll by not putting Fastag on the windshield.
NHAI has caught many such cases on Allahabad bypass, Amritsar-Jamnagar Expressway and some other Greenfield Highways, where people kept the Fastag in their pockets instead of putting it on the windshield to avoid paying the toll. The fee on the expressway is deducted only when a vehicle leaves the highway. Toll is charged according to the kilometer traveled from entry to exit. Some people enter the toll without showing the FASTag and try to avoid paying the toll by showing the FASTag in their pocket.
Double toll will have to be paid
The circular issued by NHMCL in this regard said, “If a vehicle enters the Fastag lane and does not have a tag on its windshield, the toll operator or toll collection agencies will charge “double the user fee” of the applicable fee. Toll collectors should display this information at the plaza for public information, including the provision of penalty.” Apart from this, toll collectors have also been instructed to “store CCTV footage with clear vehicle registration number” of the vehicles whenever double fee is charged due to the absence of Fastag on the windshield.
Benefits of installing it on the windshield
If the fastag is installed on the front windshield of the car, it gets read as soon as the car reaches the toll and the toll tax is deducted. This also saves the vehicles standing behind from having to wait and they too can move ahead easily. The fastag should be installed at such a place on the windshield from where the camera can easily scan it.
