RFID tags for commercial vehicles are again being made mandatory in Delhi. One can also register for RFID from the website of South Delhi Municipal Corporation.
In a move to help reduce pollution from vehicles entering the national capital, commercial vehicles without Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags or inadequate balance in the tags will not be allowed entry from January 1.
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The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Saturday extended the deadline to enforce the new rule mandatory FASTags for another month due to a shortage of tags availability in the market.
Over 2,600 commercial vehicles found entering Delhi through 13 major entry points without RFID tags or having insufficient recharge amount were penalised, officials said on Saturday.
The RFID system, which came into force at 13 busy border points in the city on August 24, allows automatic collection of MCD tax and environment compensation charge (ECC) from commercial vehicles. It is aimed at reducing pollution by easing traffic congestions and plugging revenue leakage by ensuring transparency.
Plans are afoot to install radio frequency identification (RFID) system at 10 second-level toll booths through which an increasing number of commercial vehicles are entering Delhi bypassing the automatic tax collection project implemented at 13 major entry points.
Randhir Sahay, Additional Commissioner of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation, the nodal agency for implementing the RFID project in the capital, said over 3.6 lakh radio frequency identity tags have been sold so far but only 547 of them have been recharged.
Sahay informed that around 12-15,000 RFID tags are being issued everyday though the number of RFID tags issued on Friday is going to be substantial. Till noon 1.63 lakh tags were issued and it is expected that the figure may touch around 1.75 lakh at midnight.
The RFID system comes into force at 13 busy border points from Friday midnight. Those vehicles which do not have RFID will have to pay penalties from Friday midnight. After three weeks, those without RFID will not be allowed to enter the city, officials said.
Please note! Certain vehicles will not be permitted to enter South Delhi today on. Commercial vehicles without RFID tags will not be let in as the deadline for pre-registration of RFID tags and recharge of tags has been decided for August 23.
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