(Tribune)
Thousands of vehicle owners, including taxi and bus operators, are not getting FASTag stickers in the state. None of companies, authorised to sell FASTags, has approached the State Transport Department for the opening of the sale counter to facilitate the applicants, officials said.
The vehicles owners, however, have heaved a sigh of relief as the Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways has extended the deadline for toll collection at toll plazas through FASTag stickers from December 1 to 15. The department, however, is not taking the deadline seriously on the plea that there is no toll plaza on the national highways that run through the state.
The State Transport Department has not set up any public counter in the Regional Transport Office or state licensing authority (RTO—SLA). “No authorised company has approached the state transport office to open its sale outlet here for issuing FASTag stickers to the applicants,” official sources here said.
