The toll collection through FASTag breached the mark of ₹80 crore per day on 24 December 2020 with record 50 lakh FASTag transactions per day. With more than 2.2 crore FASTag issued till date, adoption of FASTag by the Highway users has seen unprecedented growth.
With FASTag being mandatory for vehicles from 1st January 2021, the NHAI has made all necessary arrangements to provide seamless movement of vehicles at fee plazas, as per the report from Ministry of Road Transport & Highways said.
It is a sticker or a tag usually pasted on the windscreen of the car. The device uses Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to communicate with scanner installed at toll plazas. Once the car crosses the toll plaza the requisite toll amount is automatically deducted from a bank account or a prepaid walled linked to the FASTag. Vehicles can drive through plazas without stopping.
The government is keen on moving to a system wherein 100 per cent of the toll collected are through FASTag and no cash handling at toll plazas. Already, over 80 per cent of all toll collected across national highways is through FASTag. In fact toll collection has reached around Rs 93 crore per day, inching towards the Rs 100-crore per day mark.
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