NEW DELHI: To facilitate hassle-free passage, a dedicated lane for FASTag enabled vehicles has been operationalised at all toll plazas on national highways across the country from Friday, the government said. NHAI achieved the first milestone in electronic toll collection when it operationalised one dedicated FASTag lane at all toll plazas from today. Now FASTag enabled vehicles can cruise through the dedicated FASTag lane without stopping at toll plazas on national highways," the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said in a statement.The FASTag is an RFID tag available both online and offline through banks and common service centres.Two mobile applications were launched by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) last month for ease of obtaining FASTags. "NHAI officers have been tasked to visit toll plazas personally and ensure operationalisation of single dedicated electronic toll collection lane. NHAI plans that as penetration of FASTag increases, more and more lanes will dedicated to ETC," the statement said.

Source: Times of India September 01, 2017 17:26 UTC