FASTag mandatory for all vehicles from Dec 1 in Udupi Dist – DC G Jagadeesh
Udupi: As Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has announced that FASTags will become mandatory for all vehicles, private and commercial, from December 1, 2019. The same order will be implemented in Udupi district and we request the vehicle owners to install FAST Tags to their vehicles said G Jagadeesh deputy commissioner of Udupi district.
DC Jagadeesh was addressing the officers during a meeting at the DC office on November 20, FASTags will become mandatory for all vehicles, private and commercial from December 1, 2019 passing through the two toll plazas Hejamadi and Sastan in Udupi district.
FASTags are prepaid rechargeable tags for toll collection that allow automatic payment deduction from the FASTag, they are normally affixed on the windscreen of the vehicle. With the help of a FASTag, you will not have to stop your vehicle at the toll plazas to pay the toll. As soon as the vehicle crosses the toll plaza, the toll fee will be deducted from the bank account/prepaid wallet linked to the FASTag affixed on the vehicle’s windscreen. Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. Moreover, these FASTags do not have any expiry date, that is, they can be used as long as they are readable at the toll plaza and are not tampered.
If a road user does not have a FASTag, they will need to pay double the toll fee under the law. FASTags are issued by certified banks through various channels such as Point-of-Sale (POS) at National Highway toll plazas and select bank branches. They are also available on e-commerce platform such as Amazon. After buying the FASTag, you need to activate it to make it functional at the toll plazas.
You can also buy FASTag by visiting the nearest certified bank branch and get the FASTag linked with your existing bank account.
Detailed list of certified banks providing FASTags are Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, Syndicate Bank, PayTM Payments Bank Ltd, SBI, Bank of Baroda, City Union Bankl, EQUITAS Small Finance Bank, Federal Bank, ICICI Bank, IDFC Bank, IndusLand Bank, Karur Vysya Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Panjab National Bank and South Indian Bank.
