Faulty FASTags causes lakhs in losses

Surathkal: Cases of trucks crossing toll plazas with underpayment of their toll amount has come to fore in many toll plazas in the DK and Udupi district.

It is alleged that faulty FASTags issued by private banks and e-services entities are the cause of this underpayment.

In the toll plaza at Surathkal alone more than hundred such underpaid FASTag transactions have been reported.

Toll plazas of Surathkal, Hejamadi, Sastana, Brahmarakutlu and Talapadi have now jointly appealed banks to block these faulty FASTags and have also appealed truck drivers and owners to provide proper information to the banks and get a correct FASTag.

In just a couple of months, these faulty FASTags have caused lakhs of rupees in losses to the plazas.