PIONEER INDIA NEWS HARYANA: Cars in the country have to pay toll tax to drive on the highway. Not only cars but vehicles like buses, cars or trucks also have to pay toll tax to enter the highways. To avoid long queues at toll booths, the government introduced FASTag in the country. But now according to the information received, if your vehicle does not have FASTag, then you may have to pay double the toll tax.

what are the rules

The National Highways Authority of India has recently implemented a new rule. Accordingly, it is mandatory for all vehicles to have a valid FASTag on the front windscreen. If your car's windscreen does not have FASTag, then you will have to pay double the toll tax. This new rule has been made to avoid long queues at toll booths. Also, these rules are for those who have not yet installed FASTag.

A record will be kept

Along with this, all toll booths have been instructed to keep a record of the vehicles which do not have FASTag through CCTV. The record of these vehicles will be kept along with their registration number. Through this, many FASTags which are not valid FASTags can be blacklisted.

FASTag is mandatory for all from 2021

Let us tell you that FASTag was made mandatory for all passenger vehicles from February 2021. This is the primary method of toll collection at toll booths. With the help of FASTag, now people do not have to stand in long queues at many highway toll booths. Apart from this, people also save a lot of time with the help of FASTag. Apart from this, it also becomes easier for the employees sitting at the toll booth to collect toll.