FASTag to be available at petrol pumps, plans afoot to allow it for buying petrol: Gadkari

To ensure faster roll-out of electronic toll collection across the country, FASTags would soon be available at petrol pumps and later, these might be used as cards for buying petrol and paying parking fees, said Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Monday.

FASTag, which is affixed on the windscreen of a vehicle, is a device that employs radio frequency identification (RFID) technology for making toll payments directly from the prepaid or savings account linked to it, enabling the commuter to drive through toll plazas without stopping for cash transactions.

"Now, FASTags will be available at petrol outlets and we plan to make it available throughout the country soon. Plans are also afoot that these could also be utilised by consumers for buying petrol and for parking facilities," Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari said.

The minister was speaking at an event here after a pact between Indian Highways Management Company Ltd (IHMCL) and leading oil companies BPCL, HPCL ...