FASTag compliance on NH-65 jumps to 94% as it’s made compulsory

Vehicle users’ compliance with FASTag, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways’ electronic toll collection initiative, jumped to 94% on NH-65 (Hyderabad-Vijayawada) on the first day of the compulsory rule coming into effect from the midnight of February 15/16. The remaining six percent users included some ‘wilful violators’, and trucks and heavy goods transporters, whose owners have not maintained sufficient FASTag amounts, and hence the vehicles were ‘blacklisted’ in the lane. According to plaza officials, the Ministry’s rule was widely received, and it was visible in the toll collection reports. While the previous week’s collection through FASTag was around 85%, the number of vehicles grew by nearly 10% overnight.