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New Delhi : In order to promote fee payment through digital mode and provide for seamless passage through fee plazas, the Government has declared all lanes of fee plazas on National Highways as “FASTag lane of the fee plaza” w.e.f. midnight of February 15/16, 2021.
At present, all fee plazas on National Highways are fully equipped with FASTag system. After declaration of all lanes as FASTag Lanes, the overall FASTag penetration has reached approximately 96%, from 80% on February 14, 2021.
Improvement in technology for collection of user fee is a continuous process; the Government is actively pursuing the developments in this field. This information was given by Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, according to a PIB release.