NEW DELHI: The deadline for implementation of FASTag would not be extended further for vehicle owners therefore FASTag will ve mandatory from Feb 15 midnight.
Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Sunday said that the last date for implementation of FASTag would not be extended further. The government had extended the FASTag deadline from January 1 to February 15. All lanes in the fee plazas on national highways will be declared as ‘FASTag lane of the fee plaza’ from midnight of 15th/16th February.
In a statement, the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways said, “Therefore, as per NH Fee Rules 2008, any vehicle not fitted with FASTag or vehicle without valid, functional FASTag entering into the FASTag lane of the fee plaza shall pay a fee equivalent to two times of the fee applicable to that category.” The minister further said that the government had extended FASTag registration date limit two-three times before; and now, it would not be extended further. “Now, everybody should immediately buy FASTag.” The Ministry had mandated FASTag in ‘M’ and ‘N’ categories of motor vehicles. While category ‘M’ stands for a motor vehicle with at least four wheels used for ferrying passengers, ‘N’ stands for a motor vehicle with at least four wheels used for carrying goods.
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