BENGALURU: In cheering news for those who are yet to procure FASTags, which facilitate electronic mode of payment by vehicles at toll booths, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) on Saturday has extended the last date for mandatory adoption of this feature by a month now. It was supposed to be effected from December 15 initially.
This follows a request earlier this week from the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to the Ministry calling for an extension by 45 days citing a shortage of tags due to the high demand.
The new deadline for implementation will be January 15 now, an NHAI official told TNIE. The Ministry had initially fixed a deadline of December 1, then extended it up to December 15 and it has been deferred by another month today.
