pune around 25 vehicles in pune district do not have fastag even two days before the electronic toll collection facility becomes mandatory from february 15suhas chitnis project director of nhai pune said vehicle owners without fastag should get it at the earliest otherwise penalties would be severe even now 25 vehicles in pune district are seen without the tag earlier the deadline was january 1 and then it was extended to february 15 all vehicle owners should know that having fastag will be mandatory from february 15 vehicles without the tag will have to pay twice the toll as penalty chitnis told toi there are around 30 toll plazas located on the national highways running across maharashtra according to a source nearly 35 toll collection at khedshivapur toll plaza on punesatara road nh48 is still in cash while a majority of public transport and commercial vehicles have fastag the same cannot be said about private vehicles and smaller public transport vehicles motorists must understand that they will face hassles if they dont get fastag another official said on february 10 in a bid to simplify the process nhai decided to do away with the requirement of maintaining a minimum amount in fastag wallets the move was to ensure seamless movement without delay at toll plazas said authoritiestrucks unlike other vehicles moves across many states and they need to have the fastag there are around 60000 trucks registered in pune and all of them have fastag the same can be said about most buses as well said baba shinde president of maharashtra state vahan chalak malak pratinidhi sanghatnaan official at the pune regional transport office said as part of the ongoing road safety month a quick campaign on fastag would be conducted in the city the unlock process started months ago and transportation is almost back to normal the official saidnearly 80 collection of toll takes place through the electronic toll collection facility across the country as of now