New Delhi. The government has been insisting on digital payments on national highways in the country for a long time. Due to this, Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Sunday said that the fasting of FasTag was the last to be implemented, will not be extended beyond 15 February 2021. Vehicles that do not have fastag will have to pay a huge amount at the toll plaza. But if you walk on Yamuna Expressway (Yamuna Expressway), you will also need to download the ‘Highway Saathi App’ Highway Saathi App along with Fastag. While traveling from Noida to Agra, you will not be allowed to travel on the expressway without the ‘highway companion app’.
There will be security on Yamuna Expressway: It will be mandatory for people going from Noida to Agra to use it. This app is designed to provide immediate help during an accident on the highway. Through this, as soon as you take your vehicle and enter the expressway, the ‘Highway Partner App’ server will be connected to your mobile. After which the Express Way Authority will monitor every activity of your vehicle and will help you by tracking your location immediately in the event of an accident. It has been observed that thousands of people lose their lives every year due to lack of immediate help on the Yamuna Expressway.
Accidents will be controlled: Vehicles on Yamuna Expressway leave at a high speed. Many times there are terrible accidents due to emergency brakes or fog etc. at high speed, at such times the highway companion app will be very useful for you. With the help of this app, all information about the mobile number and vehicle number of the driver will be available to the expressway control room. To accelerate this campaign, camps will be set up on toll plazas between Greater Noida to Agra and vehicles will be stopped and checked whether your mobile has a highway companion app downloaded. If not, then this app will be downloaded to your phone first, only then you will be able to complete your journey on the highway.
According to the information, from today i.e. February 15, the highway companion app has been made mandatory to be downloaded to your phone. Also today is the end date of the fastag payment process. It is worth noting that the government introduced Fastag Digital Payment on trains in 2016. Since then, the government has made it mandatory on all vehicles from February 15, 2021, after extending the last date for its installation many times. You can get Fastag from any petrol pump, toll plaza, Paytm app or bank.
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