BENGALURU: Each of seven
toll plazas
in and around Bengaluru witnessing traffic pile-ups will have 3-4 lanes accepting cash payments and the rest will be
FASTag lanes till Feb 14, says a directive from the ministry of road transport and highways to the National Highways Authority of India.
As per the document, 65 toll plazas in the country which have seen long queues due to a huge number of cash transactions have been directed to convert 25% of lanes to hybrid lanes to facilitate smooth flow of traffic.
The toll plazas in Bengaluru exempted from 100% FASTag mandate are Sadahalli (near KIA), Electronic City Elevated Road, Doddakarenahalli, Hoskote, Attibele Grade Section, Bellur and Bengaluru-Nelamangala section. The ministry's directive said the relaxed mandate will be in place for 30 days from Jan 15.
Despite FASTag rollout across the country, long queues continue at toll plazas in Karnataka. FASTag payments accounted for 56% of all transactions in
Karnataka as of January 17.
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