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Govt likely to extend deadline of 31 December for mandatory use of FASTag on national highways

The FASTag is a sticker that has an integrated radio-frequency Identification (RIFD) barcode linked to registration details of respective vehicles.

Coronavirus Outbreak: NHAI to resume toll collection on national highways from 20 April; transporters' body AIMTC opposes move

Replying to communication from NHAI, the ministry said the authority in letters dated 11 April and 14 April had highlighted reasons for resuming the collection of user fee on national highways, saying that the Ministry of Home Affairs has allowed a lot of activities with effect from 20 April, including commercial and private establishments and construction work.

Essel group's toll arm returns Sion-Panvel highway to Maharashtra govt for non-payment of dues

A company official said that the Public Works Department (PWD) owes it Rs 689 crore, which includes Rs 390 crore of grants that government had promised when it scrapped toll collection across the state in June 2015

Road toll collection: FASTags to be mandatory for all new four-wheelers from 1 December, says govt

The notification follows amendment to Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989 by the central government as per powers vested in it under Motor Vehicles Act, 1989.

BJP MLA Sangeeta Charel's husband thrashes toll plaza employee in Madhya Pradesh

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Sangeeta Charel’s husband Vijay Charel reportedly thrashed the toll plaza employees in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam

HC directs Rajasthan government to install scanners at highway toll plazas to check cattle smuggling

The Rajasthan High Court on Thursday directed the state government to immediately install scanners at all highway toll plazas to check smuggling of cattle.

Demonetisation: Toll plazas to receive payment through credit, debit cards

The Home Ministry has also asked the states to deploy adequate police so that no potential law and order problem arises across the toll plazas.

Demonetisation: All 11 Reliance Infra toll plazas to go cashless from midnight

For this, 146 PoS machines, or roughly 10 at each toll plaza, and 285 card swipe machines or roughly 15 at each toll post, have been deployed

Fadnavis' self-goal: 9 reasons why abolition of toll for cars is counter-productive

Maharashtra is abolishing many road toll plazas, but this decision will prove costly in the long run. It puts a question-mark over future private investment in infrastructure

We will cancel toll at around 125 plazas across India, says Nitin Gadkari

Aiming to spare general public from levy at highways, the government has announced it will scrap 125 toll plazas in the country by the end of February.