FASTags effect: Wait time at toll gates up 2 mins, NH earnings rise by 15%

NEW DELHI: The toll collection across national highways has increased by nearly 15% since the government pushed mandatory use of FASTags for paying toll. Sources said the average daily NHAI toll revenue has crossed Rs 80 crore against earlier average of Rs 65-68 crore in July and August. The revenue may increase further as the share of toll collection through FASTags increase as it is expected to completely plug revenue leakage.

While officials admitted that there were reports of congestion at nearly 40-45 toll plazas out of the total 530 plazas, “Tolltimezero”, an IT firm which has been tracking the live traffic situation across 488 toll plazas, claimed that the average waiting time during Sunday was 12 minutes. A year back, the average waiting time was 10.04 minutes and a month back vehicles had to wait for 10.57 minutes.