{"id":331018,"date":"2021-02-14T15:00:32","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T15:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=331018"},"modified":"2021-02-14T15:00:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-14T15:00:33","slug":"fastag-declared-mandatory-from-tomorrow-midnight-or-pay-twice-the-toll-fee-says-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/fastag-declared-mandatory-from-tomorrow-midnight-or-pay-twice-the-toll-fee-says-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"FASTag declared mandatory from tomorrow midnight or pay twice the toll fee, says govt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-314107 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/fastag.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"668\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/07\/fastag.jpg 668w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/07\/fastag-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/07\/fastag-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/07\/fastag-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/07\/fastag-559x420.jpg 559w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/>The Central government on Sunday said that the automatic toll plaza payment system FASTag will become mandatory from tomorrow midnight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cMinistry of Road Transport and Highways has decided that all lanes in the fee plazas on National Highways shall be declared as \u201cFASTag lane of the fee plaza\u201d w.e.f midnight of 15th\/16th February 2021,\u201d the statement said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cTherefore, 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,\u201d it said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">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. The Ministry had mandated fitment of FASTag in M&amp;N categories of motor vehicles with effect from 1st January 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Category \u2018M\u2019 stands for a motor vehicle with at least four wheels used for carrying passengers. And Category \u2018N\u2019 stands for a motor vehicle with at least four wheels used for carrying goods, which may also carry persons in addition to goods.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Central government on Sunday said that the automatic toll plaza payment system FASTag will become mandatory from tomorrow midnight. \u201cMinistry of Road Transport and Highways has decided that all lanes in the fee plazas on National Highways shall be declared as \u201cFASTag lane of the fee plaza\u201d w.e.f midnight of 15th\/16th February 2021,\u201d the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":314107,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[10503],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331018"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331018"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331019,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331018\/revisions\/331019"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/314107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}