Re: FASTag: All you need to know about procuring & using it! Quote:
Originally Posted by iamswift I think the banks that issued the cards are the culprits here. They are supposed the verify the RC details provided. Penalty should be imposed on those pvt entities to keep them in check. |
Exactly. Looks like for the government the single point of failures in all their new grand schemes have been banks. Even when demonetisation happened it was the same banks which tried to help the black money holders to the maximum extent.
My FasTag has been issued by AXIS bank. The first punch I got was from the Car Dealer who arranged the FasTag but did NOT inform me of the pending KYC. So I kept on recharging the same, and then the day before I was to stary my first solo trip on the car I get my second punch. The maximum recharge limit was applicable as I did not complete the KYC. I called up the AXIS Bank customer care, and the chap out there (as an exception) just flicked the KYC completed switch on his computer. So my solo trip went off without a problem.
The third punch came in from the toll booth at Thoppur, Tamil nadu. On a busy day they asked me to proceed via the lane reserved for trucks. FasTag worked there as well and I was happy. Then came a series of SMS alerts. The toll booth had marked my car as a truck and charged the toll for trucks. AXIS Bank's computers immediately marked that transaction and put the toll amount "on hold". They checked my KYC details and I had none. So they asked me to send in the RC Card Copy and a picture of the vehicle. I sent both of them in the e-mail. And within days the dispute was settled with the Toll collector at Thoppur asked to sing a movie song and take a hike!  . Here at least AXIS Bank played the game very diligently and within the rules. Other vendors may NOT be doing it the same way. Quote:
Originally Posted by sandeep108 Actually now with Vahan, it should have been easy enough for the private banks to check the RC against Vahan before issuing the Fastag. |
Even that is not required. Let the dealers also ensure that when they issue a FasTag the KYC norms are also met. The KYC on FasTag was done mainly to prevent misuse, but looks like even banks who issue FasTag are in to make in some illegal money. I now accept the fact; that India & Indians are essentially a very corrupt society. There is a whole group of people who survive by illegal or semi-legal ways of making money. Be it from road contracts all the way to bigger deals, things are never done in black & white. Any attempt to change the status quo is being heavily resisted and every dirty trick in the book is being played out. Quote:
Originally Posted by longhorn Toll in itself is a sham. What happened to the 15 year road tax collected upfront? Toll fare exceeding Re 1 per km is nothing but organised loot legalized by the state machinery. |
Your assumptions are wrong my friend. The 15 year road tax (LTT) goes to a state government who would be using it for maintaining the state's roads. The tolled express highways are built to help people who are willing to pay extra for a faster comfortable travel. The state governments do NOT have the funds to maintain such roads free of cost. If you notice there are state/PWD maintained roads which helps people travel from one place to another. No tolls levied, but routes may not be direct and the roads may not be wide. So a driver still has the luxury to decide which route he takes. We can never be a basket case like socialist Russia where every thing is owned and controlled by the state, and every one gets poor quality service in equal measure. |