CHANDIGARH: While the FASTtag system to pay tolls on highways will become compulsory from December 1, the Punjab government is also contemplating to implement this RFID system on 18 toll barriers of state-operated roads.
Sources said that the state public works department has sent a file on implementing the FASTag system to the Chief Minister’s Office for approval. Once cleared,the department would sign an agreement with the company entrusted with the electronic tax collection.
While the Union Ministry for Road Transport and Highways had asked all states to start this system on state highways, this system will be implemented on 18 toll plazas on the state-owned roads out of the total 24 toll plazas on these roads.
