No. H-25016/01/2018-Tolt Government of India Ministry of Road Transport &Highways (Toll Section) Transport Bhawan, 1, Parliament Street, New Delhi-110001 the. 4 February, 2020 To, The Chairman, National Highways Authority of india, G-586, Sector-10, Dwarka, New Delhi. Subject: - Promotion of Digital Payment through RFID based FASTag- relaxation for 30 fee plazas of NHAI having high cash transactions-regd, sir, It is in reference to NHAI letter dated 13.02.2020 wherein it has been apprised that there is consistent increase in ETC penetration, Further, concerns regarding high cash transactions on 30 identified fee plazas (as listed in Annexure-A) of NHAI have been pointed out. 2. Considering the request of NHAI and further that the Citizens are not put to IPeonvenience, to tide over the issues raised for the period of next 30 days, it is decided that: |. Depending on the traffic pile up at these 30 fee plazas, not more than 25 percent “FASTag lane of Fee Plaza” may be temporarily converted to hybrid lanes, This is to be considered and decided on a case to case basis not below the level of the Regional Officer concerned. A daily evaluation of such cases be made to take necessary Corrective action and a summary report on daily basis be sent to the Ministry, "i, It should be ensured that the least possible number of the declared “FASTag lane of Fee Plaza” be converted into the hybrid lanes temporarily and further that at least 75% lanes of these 30 fee plaza remain declared and operational as ‘FASTag lane of Fee Plaza’ in order to incentivize the vehicles carrying FASTag, 3. _ It is clarified that it is a temporary measure to be adopted for 30 days only for these 30 fee plazas to facilitate smooth flow of traffic so that no inconvenience is caused to the citizens. NHAI shall 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. ups faithfully, Encl: As above. (Aishwarya Gupta) Assistant Executive Engineer (Toll) E-Mail: aish.gupta25@gov.in Copy to: 4. PS to Minister(RT&H) 2. PS to MoS (RT&H) 3: PPS to Secretary(RT@H), DG(RD) 65, Special Secretary(RT&H) 4. PPS to JS (H)/ PS to JS(Toll) fe 7 of 45 PLAZA NAME ‘Annexure A RO, PU 1 Boriach | Gandhinagar Surat 2 Vadodara | “Gandhinagar_| _Ahmedabed 3 Bhagwada [Gandhinagar Surat 4 Khaniwade | Gandhinagar Surat 5 ‘Sadahall Bangalore Bangalore |—__)Birathanar 6 Karjan Gandhinagar Bharuch 7 Choryasi | Gandhinagar Surat Tadowal Tor 8 Plaza Chandigarh Ambala ‘Gharonda Toll 8 Plaza Chandigarh Ambala Rajehandrapur 10 Toll Plaza Kolkata Kolkata Jaladhulagon tor 4 plaza’ Kolkata Kolkata 72 Dankuni Kolkata Durgapur 3 Kumbalary Kerala Coachin 14 Hoskote Bangalore Bangalore 5 Pallyekarra Kerala Palakkad 6 Charoti Gandhinagar Surat 7 Ring Road | Gandhinagar | Ahmedabad 18 | Khed-Shivapur_| _ Mumba Pune 18 | Khedi Dauia Delhi Gurgaon Towards Bangalore 20 km.26.075 | Bangalore Bangalore 21 [Narmada Bridge | Gandhinagar Bharuch “Chandimandir 22 TollPlaza | Chandigarh_| Chandigarh 23 | Anmedabad_| Gandhinagar | Ahmedabad sambhu Tot 24 Piaza Chandigarh Ambala Fa Krishnagi Chennai Krishnagia 26 ‘Anewadi Mumbai Pune Towards Nelamangala a Km.14875 | Bangalore Bangalore 2B Kaniyur Chennai Coimbatore 28__| L&T PANIPAT | Chandigarh “Ambala 30 dapar Chandigarh Mohali