Special Correspondent
Newsbits.in
Bhopal/New Delhi: In a bid to ensure smoother and faster passage of vehicles through the toll plazas, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has launched cashless payment mechanism – FASTag at 275-odd toll plazas on national highways across the country.
FASTag offers cashless payment of toll fee with nationwide inter-operable electronic toll collection services. A vehicle using FASTag will use dedicated 'FASTag lane' to have cashless travel.
The (NHAI) said on Thursday that FASTag has a one-time fee of Rs 200 and is affixed on the wind screen of the vehicle. It gives facility for making toll payments directly from the pre-paid account linked to it.
FASTag will be available on sale from selected toll plazas on National Highways and designated branches of participating banks from April 25. These can be recharged by making payments through cheque or online through credit card/debit card/NEFT/RTGS or through net-banking, the NHAI has said.
The minimum recharge amount is Rs 100 and can be up to Rs one lakh in the multiples of Rs 100. FASTag users shall get SMS alerts for all their toll transactions, low balance etc.
