Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has now made it mandatory to collect tolls through FASTag in the state. Hence, starting April 1, the vehicles will have to comply the rules as per the revisions in the Rules of Business to streamline administrative processes. The state cabinet, CM Devendra Fadnavis, approved the public works department’s proposal that toll collection at all toll plazas across the state will now be done exclusively through FASTag from April 1.
The cabinet, as per PTI, also okayed the amendments to the Public-Private Partnership Policy 2014 to facilitate this change. FASTag is an electronic toll collection chip of the country for national highways. With the decision, the toll collection is expected to be more efficient and transparent It would also reduce the traffic congestion at the toll plazas across the state, the state government statement said.
It also stated that vehicles without FASTag or those entering the dedicated lanes without proper tags will have to pay double the toll fee.
At present, tolls are being collected at 13 road projects under the public works department and nine projects managed by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation. The decision will apply to these and all future toll projects in the state, the statement said.
The cabinet approved another decision by revising the Maharashtra Government Rules of Business to make administrative functioning smoother and more efficient.
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According to the government statement, the revisions include provisions related to matters to be presented before the cabinet, cases requiring the approval of the chief minister or the governor, and the procedures for meetings of the cabinet and council of ministers.
