FASTag lanes across 30 NHAI toll plazas will be converted into hybrid lanes, according to an official statement by the Press Information Bureau released on Monday.
The Government had announced the FASTag mandate in July 2019 converting all lanes of National Highways fee plazas, except one into FASTag lanes effective from December 2019.
National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) which is implementing the electronic toll collection program had later raised concerns regarding the high amount of cash transactions across 30 different plazas. The government had extended permission to 65 plazas across the country to operate up to 25 per cent of all fee lanes as hybrid (cash plus FASTag) lanes from January 15, 2020.
