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NHMCL, an agency under the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), has notified new rules regarding FASTag. If you have FASTag and you have not installed it on the windshield of the vehicle, then install it now. Because now if you try to cut the toll with a FASTag in hand, then despite having a FASTag, you may have to pay double the toll. NHMCL has now had to take strict action as some users on expressways and greenfield highways are avoiding paying toll by not installing FASTag on the windows.
The NHAI has detected several such cases on Allahabad Bypass, Amritsar-Jamnagar Expressway and some other greenfield highways where people have kept the FASTag in their pockets instead of sticking it on the windshield to avoid paying toll.
Toll on the expressway is charged only when a vehicle exits the highway. Toll is charged on the basis of kilometres from entry to exit. Some people enter the entry point without showing the Fastag and try to avoid paying the toll by showing the Fastag in their pocket.
A circular issued by the NHMCL in this regard states, “If a vehicle enters the FASTag lane and does not have the tag on its windshield, the toll operators or toll collection agencies will charge double the applicable fee. ,
Additionally, toll collectors have also been directed to store CCTV footage of vehicles with “clear vehicle registration numbers” whenever they are charged double for not having FASTag on the windshield.
Benefits of installing a windshield
By sticking the Fastag on the front windshield of the vehicle, as soon as the vehicle reaches the toll, it gets read and the toll tax is deducted. Due to this, the vehicles standing behind do not have to wait and they pass easily. Fastag should be installed on the windshield at a place where the camera can easily scan it.