Hyderabad: Come January 1, those travelling in four-wheelers cannot cross a toll plaza without FASTags with the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways making the tag mandatory towards complete adoption of electronic toll collection.
@MORTHIndia issues notification for Promotion of Digital and IT based payment of fees through FASTag; all 4 wheel vehicles required to have FASTags from 1st January 2020
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The Transport Ministry has issued a notification making FASTag mandatory for four-wheelers including old vehicles i.e., M and N category of motor vehicles sold before December 1, 2017.
The M and N category of vehicles refer to those having at least four wheels and used for the carriage of passengers and power-driven vehicles used for the carriage of goods.
As per CMVR Rules, the FASTag had been made mandatory for registration of new four wheeled vehicles and is being supplied by the vehicle manufacturer or their dealers. It has been mandated that the renewal of fitness certificate will be done only after the fitment of FASTag for the transport vehicles.
“For National Permit vehicles, the fitment of FASTag has been mandated since October 1, 2019. It has been further mandated that a valid FASTag is mandatory while getting a new third party insurance through an amendment in FORM 51 (certificate of insurance), wherein the details of FASTag ID would be captured. This would be applicable from April 1, 2021,” Ministry said in notification.
According to Transport Ministry, this notification would be a major step for ensuring that the payment of fees was 100 per cent at toll plazas through electronic means only and that the vehicles pass seamlessly through the fee plazas.
Telangana has 19 toll plazas including the ones at Kadthal, Korlaphadu, Manoharabad, Muthojipet, Panthangi, Pippalwada, Pullur, Raikal, Rolmamda and Shakhapur and all these have dedicated FASTag lanes.
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