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New toll system: A new toll tax system has come in India, which is GPS based and money will be deducted through satellite. The new toll system has a provision to travel free for the first 20 kilometers on the highway and if you travel more than this, then you will have to pay toll per kilometer. But, do you know that there is already a rule through which you can cross the first toll for free. In this case, you will not have to pay money on the first toll and money will not be deducted from the Fastag either.
In such a situation, let us know what is that rule, through which your first toll can be free and if your house is near a highway then this rule is very useful for you. After this your toll expenses can be reduced. So let us know what is that rule…
What is this rule?
Actually, this rule is beneficial for those people whose house is near a highway. If there is a toll plaza about 20 km away from your house and you keep coming and going on that highway, then you can save this toll. You can pass through that plaza without paying toll. According to the report of News-18, Anurag Jain, Secretary of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, has said that the facility of 20 km free travel being given in the satellite system is already there.
According to the National Highway Fee (Determination and Collection of Rates) Rules 2008, people whose vehicles have Fasttag and there is a toll plaza within a radius of 20 km from their home, can pass through that particular toll for free. In such a situation, toll will not be charged from those people.
What to do?
If your house is near a toll plaza on the highway, then you can get this benefit. For this, you have to prove that you live at a distance of 20 kilometers from that toll plaza. For this, you have to submit documents. Once the documents are verified, you get exemption for a particular vehicle. But, this exemption will be limited to only one toll plaza. That is, you can go to this toll plaza without paying toll.
For this, you will have to get your address verified from the toll plaza and then submit that document and apply for Fastag. However, when the new toll system is implemented across the country, there will be no toll plazas on national highways. At that time, you will have to pay toll as per the new system.