FASTag users should update their KYC before Jan 31
The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has announced that it will be deactivating those FASTags for which Know Your Customer (KYC) is not done.
The deadline for the same is January 31, the highways authority further said in a statement.
This is part of ‘One Vehicle, One FASTag’ initiative that aims to discourage use of single FASTag for multiple vehicles or linking multiple electronic toll collection tool to a single vehicle.
To avoid inconvenience, the statement said users must ensure that KYC of their latest FASTag is completed.
“Only the latest FASTag account shall remain active as previous tags will be deactivated/blacklisted after 31st January 2024,” the statement said.
The highways body said it took the initiative after it was informed that more than one FASTag has been issued for a particular vehicle and FASTags being issued without KYC in violation of RBI’s mandate.
The NHAI also said that FASTags are sometimes deliberately not fixed on the windscreen of the vehicle, resulting in unnecessary delays at toll plazas and causing inconvenience to people using national highways.
It is a pre-paid tag facility for vehicles that allows non-stop movement of traffic without having to wait at the toll plazas. It’s a revolutionary step that uses Radio-Frequency Identification or RFID technology and enables automatic deduction of the toll fee.
After taking steps to digitise toll collection, the central government made FASTags mandatory from February 15, 2021 saying that any vehicle not fitted with it will be charged double the toll at electronic toll plazas across the country.