Delhi NCR toll plazas lead in FASTag Annual Pass adoption
In the NCR, Mundaka Fee Plaza and Jhinjholi Fee Plaza in Sonipat follow closely, both recording around 53 per cent of non-commercial vehicle crossings via the Annual Pass.
In the NCR, Mundaka Fee Plaza and Jhinjholi Fee Plaza in Sonipat follow closely, both recording around 53 per cent of non-commercial vehicle crossings via the Annual Pass.
"These amendments are aimed at improving user fee compliance, enhancing efficiency of Electronic Toll Collection and discouraging user fee evasion on National Highways," Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said on Tuesday.
Enhancing ‘Ease of Commuting’, the FASTag Annual Pass provides a seamless and economical travel option to the National Highway users and is applicable at about 1,150 toll plazas on National Highways and National Expressways.
India’s FASTag system was designed to make our highways faster, not harder. Introduced as a seamless solution for digital tolling, FASTags promised shorter queues, smoother rides, and less fuel wasted in traffic.
On social media platform X, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said that the pass will be priced at Rs 3,000 for a year, effective from August 15, 2025.
The government on Friday denied reports in a section of the media that a satellite-based tolling system will be launched from May 1 to replace the existing FASTag-based toll collection system.
New FASTag rules, imposing extra penalties on users with low balance, delayed payments or blacklisted tags, will come into force from Monday.
In addition, CCTV footage with Vehicle Registration Number (VRN) at the fee plaza shall be recorded for non-affixed FASTag cases.
Paytm had said that the customers can continue to use FASTag to pay at enabled toll and parking merchants up to the available balance in their wallet.
The allotment of parking sites would be for a period of three years which is further extendable for two years on mutual agreement, as per a communiqué issued by the civic body on Tuesday.
