FASTag declared mandatory from February 16, 2021

The MoRTH has decided that all lanes in the fee plazas on national highways shall be declared as FASTag lanes, with effect from February 16, 2021. As  per NH Fee Rules, 2008, any vehicle not fitted with a FASTag, or without a valid, functional FASTag, entering a FASTag lane will have to pay a fee equivalent to two times the usual fee applicable to vehicles of that category. Prior to this, the MoRTH had mandated the fitting of FASTags in the M and N categories of motor vehicles, effective January 1, 2021.