Summary:
With the FASTag becoming mandatory from Tuesday, 85% of the vehicles crossing the different toll plazas on the national highways in the state paid double the fee applicable to the category of the vehicle according to the NH Fee Rules 2008.
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With the FASTag becoming mandatory from Tuesday, 85% of the vehicles crossing the different toll plazas on the national highways in the state paid double the fee applicable to the category of the vehicle according to the NH Fee Rules 2008.
The payment of penalty by a large number of vehicles led to long queues at many toll plazas.
Sanjeev Kumar, manager of a toll plaza on NH-30 (Patna- Bakhtiyarpur), said most vehicles paid double the toll charge for the respective category for not having FASTags.
“Today was the first day of compulsory implementation of the rule and many people were clueless about it.
As a result, they had to pay double the toll tax.
All the 12 lanes on Patna-Bakhtiyarpur highway have now become the FASTag lanes.”
In Gaya, more than 400 vehicles crossed the toll plaza at Amas on Grand Trunk (GT) Road on Tuesday, paying double tax as a penalty.
This included 220 trucks, around 60 light vehicles, and other vehicles, staff at the toll plaza said.
Long queues of vehicles were witnessed at the toll plaza.
FASTag is an electronic toll collection system that is operated by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI).
The Union ministry of road, transport, and highways on Sunday made it mandatory for all four-wheelers across the country to make a digital transaction on NHs from February 15.
An NHAI official in Patna said, “FASTag has been introduced for the ease of the people.