From Sunday 2019-12-15, pay double toll on entering Fastag lanes without the RFID tag on windscreen

From Sunday 2019-12-15, toll plazas on national highways across Maharashtra will charge motorists double toll if they enter FASTag lanes without the tag on vehicles’ windscreens. While FASTag facility, a reloadable RFID tag linked to a pre-paid account that enables automatic deduction of toll charges as the vehicle passes the gate, will be implemented on Mumbai-Pune Expressway and old Mumbai-Pune highway on the same day, the penalty will not be enforced immediately, said MSRDC officials.

This means city motorists travelling to Ahmedabad, Indore, Bengaluru and Goa, via Bengaluru highway, should have FASTag on their vehicles by this weekend to pass through at toll booths beyond Vasai creek on Ahmedabad highway, beyond Kharegaon post on Nashik highway towards Indore and Agra, and at posts beyond Pune on Bengaluru highway respectively. On Goa highway, since expansion work is under way, it will take at least a year to start toll collection.

However, one lane will remain open on all national highways for those who still haven’t opted for FASTag and will pay toll in cash or card.

Toll booths along state highways, at Mumbai entry points—Vashi, Airoli, Mulund, LBS Marg and Dahisar —and Bandra-Worli sea link (bwsl) will become FASTagenabled from January. MSRDC officials told TOI that initially ‘cash-paying’ motorists will be allowed to use the 1-2 lanes reserved for FASTag facility on toll plazas on state highways and Mumbai entry points, but penalty will be imposed on ‘errant’ motorists at BWSL from day one. This is because, said officials, erstwhile Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) lanes are already operational here.

“We need to a few more days to create awareness among motorists about FASTag...To enable people to buy FASTag, all banks have been allowed to set up their booths near toll plazas,” said a senior MSRDC official.

Officials said motorists who already have ETC tag will be allowed to use the FASTag lanes till the two facilities are finally merged.

(Source: Toi Mumbai dated 2019-12-10)
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