Meeting of NH officials to discuss special fast-tags for legislators

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Speaker U.T. Khader has decided to convene a gathering of National Highways and PWD officials to analyse the connection of providing peculiar FASTags to legislators to guarantee casual entree to toll roads.

The Speaker made this announcement pursuing proposition from Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar that peculiar FASTags should beryllium provided to legislators and MPs to assistance forestall immoderate disorder implicit individuality portion entering the toll roads.

The contented was raised by Congress subordinate S.N. Subba Reddy, who tabled a telephone attraction notice, alleging that legislators are facing hardships and embarrassing moments astatine the toll booths to beryllium their individuality though they person been fixed escaped entree to usage specified roads.

His views were endorsed by members cutting crossed enactment lines. Leader of the Opposition R. Ashok expressed interest that though a toll booth was expected to beryllium reserved for the introduction of ambulances and those who person been exempt from paying the toll similar legislators/MPs, astir of specified reserved booths had remained closed.

The Speaker pointed retired that determination were antithetic norms related to FASTags arsenic they travel nether the purview of the Centre. Hence a gathering of officials would beryllium convened to sermon the issue, helium said.

Published - January 27, 2026 10:22 p.m. IST

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