FASTag rules relaxed for 65 NHAI toll plazas with high cash transactions

15 Jan 2020

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Ministry of road transport and highways has relaxed the conditions regarding declaration of `FASTag Fee’ lanes at 65 identified high cash transactions fee plazas of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) for 30 days beginning today.

These fee plazas have been allowed to convert up to 25 per cent of all fee lanes to hybrid (cash plus FASTag) lanes during this time.
The move comes in the wake of NHAI raising concerns regarding high cash transactions on its 65 identified fee plazas. NHAI has pointed out that most of the fee plazas are functioning with one hybrid lane on each side and while efforts are being made to bring more fee plazas within the ambit, the identified fee plazas were facing heavy traffic rush on the hybrid lanes.
With a view to save the citizens from inconvenience, the ministry has decided that depending on the traffic pile up at these 65 fee plazas, not more than 25 per cent FASTag lane of Fee Plaza may be temporarily converted to hybrid lanes. This is to be considered and decided on a case-by-case basis not below the level of the RO concerned. 
In a directive issued to NHAI, the ministry has said that daily evaluation of such cases be made to take necessary corrective action and a summary report on daily basis be sent to the ministry. 
The ministry has further asked NHAI to ensure that the least possible number of the declared FASTag lane of Fee Plaza be converted into the hybrid lanes temporarily and further, at least 75 per cent lanes of these 65 fee plazas remain declared and operational as ‘FASTag lane of Fee Plaza’ in order to incentivize the vehicles carrying FASTag.
The ministry has emphasized that this temporary measure is to be adopted for 30 days only for such 65 fee plazas to facilitate smooth flow of traffic so that no inconvenience is caused to the citizens. NHAI has been asked to take necessary measures within this time to ensure smooth flow of traffic through the fee plazas and ensure declaring “FASTag lane of Fee Plaza” for all the lanes within this period.
The list of 65 NHAI fee plazas (with ROs and PIUs in bracket) with 30 day FSATag Fee relaxation include: Sadahalli  (Bangalore-Bangalore); Vadodara (Gandhinagar-Ahmedabad); Boriach (Gandhinagar-Surat); Gharonda Toll Plaza  (Chandigarh-Ambala); Electronic City Elevated: Bangalore Up Ramp @ chainage KM 18/000 (Bangalore- Ramnagara); 
Bhagwada (Gandhinagar-Surat), Ladowal Toll Plaza (Chandigarh-Ambala); 
Bharthana/ Karjan (Gandhinagar-Bharuch); Khaniwade (Gandhinagar-Surat); Chandimandir Toll Plaza (Chandigarh-Chandigarh); Choriyasi (Gandhinagar-Surat); Jaladhulagori toll plaza (Kolkata-Kolkata); Charoti  (Gandhinagar-Surat); Sambhu Toll Plaza (Chandigarh-Ambala); L&T Panipat (Chandigarh-Ambala); Rajchandrapur Toll Plaza (Kolkata-Kolkata); Khed-Shivapur (Mumbai-Pune); Khedki Daula (Delhi-Gurgaon); Dapar (Chandigarh-Mohali); Krishnagiri (Chennai-Krishnagiri); Taswade (Mumbai-Kolhapur); Kumbalam (Kerala-Cochin); Narmada Bridge (Gandhinagar-Bharuch); Towards Bangalore Km.26.075 (Bangalore-Bangalore) Vikravandi (Chennai-Villupuram); Palliyekarra (Kerala-Palakkad); Ring Road (Gandhinagar-Ahmedabad); Beharmpur (Chandigarh-Mohali); Kini (Mumbai-Kolhapur); Omallur  (Chennai-Salem); Sengurichi (Madurai-Trichy); Ahmedpur (Lucknow(East)-Lucknow); Anewadi (Mumbai-Pune); Brijghat (Lucknow(West)- Moradabad); Samayapuram (Madurai-Trichy); Doddakarernahalli-Nelamangala Toll (Karekal Cross (angalore)-Hassan); Kaniyur (Chennai-Coimbatore); Pantagi (Hyderabad-Hyderabad); Dankuni (Kolkata-Durgapur); Ahmedabad (Gandhinagar-Ahmedabad); Vijayamangalam (Chennai-Salem); Nawabganj (Lucknow (East)-Lucknow); Towards Nelamangala Km 14.875 (Bangalore-Bangalore); Manguli (Bhubaneswar-Bhubaneswar); Palayam (Chennai-Salem); Raikal (Hyderabad-Hyderabad); Dhareri Jattan (Chandigarh-Mohali); Paranur (Chennai- Kancheepuram); Thirumandurai (Madurai-Trichy); Moratandi (Chennai-Villupuram); Attibele Grade section Toll Plaza at km 32/700 (Bangalore-Ramnagara); Kodai (Madurai-Madurai); Vaiguntham (Chennai-Salem); Negadiya (Jaipur-Udaipur); Karabylu -Bellur Toll (Bangalore-Hassan); Gegal (Jaipur-Ajmer); Anand (Gandhinagar-Ahmedabad); Ronahi (Lucknow (East)-Lucknow); Barajod (earlier Sikandara ) (Lucknow (West)-Kanpur); Bharudi (Gandhinagar-Rajkot); Kishangarh (Jaipur-Jaipur); Vasad (Gandhinagar-Ahmedabad); Borkhedi (Nagpur-Nagpur); Hoskote (Bangalore-Bangalore); Samakhiyali (Gandhinagar-Gandhidham). 

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