Double Toll Compulsory Even if Your Car Has ‘Fastag’! Read What New Rule Says

New Delhi : Double toll will be charged if illegal or non-working fastag vehicles enter the committed fastag lane. The government gave this information on Sunday. Earlier, double toll tax was charged on national highways only on those vehicles that entered the fastag committed lane at the toll booths without having the fastag.

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said in a notification, “Without fastag or not working or illegal fastag vehicles will be charged double the fee for entering into committed fastag lanes. They will have to pay double the duty levied on their vehicle category.” The government has amended the National Highway Charges (Rate Classification and Collection) Rules for this. The government has made FASTAG mandatory from December 15, 2019 across the country. A total of 1.68 crore fastags have been issued by May 2020.

According to the Ministry, a number of such cases were seen that ‘fastag’ is there on a car or other motor vehicle, but there is not sufficient amount of recharge in it.  Such vehicles enter the fastag lane and stop in toll and pay the fee in cash. In such a situation there is unnecessary delay and others face a a long line in fastag lane. There have been some cases in which fastags have been damaged or have been twisted, this has caused its circuit break. Such fastags do not work properly. If found to be so in a vehicle, then double penalty will have to be paid.