{"id":62407,"date":"2025-07-08T09:28:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T03:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanacres.in\/?p=62407"},"modified":"2025-07-08T09:28:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T03:58:43","slug":"karnataka-commercial-vehicle-operators-demand-fastag-toll-relief-call-exclusion-unfair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/?p=62407","title":{"rendered":"Karnataka Commercial Vehicle Operators Demand FASTag Toll Relief Call Exclusion Unfair"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Karnataka&#8217;s commercial transport unions have pushed back against the Union Government\u2019s new annual FASTag pass, which offers private vehicle owners 200 toll-free highway trips for \u20b93,000 starting August 15, 2025. While the move aims to reduce toll burdens and promote digital payments, it excludes commercial vehicles\u2014prompting sharp criticism from operators of taxis, trucks, buses, and goods carriers.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4>Calling the policy unjust, unions like the Karnataka State Travel Operators Association (KSTOA) and the Federation of Karnataka State Private Transport Associations argue that commercial vehicles are the primary highway users, often clocking hundreds of kilometers daily and incurring toll bills over \u20b930,000 annually per vehicle.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u201cPrivate cars are occasional users. We\u2019re on highways daily. If relief is the goal, it\u2019s we who need it first,\u201d said officials at KSTOA. A memorandum has been sent to Union Minister Nitin Gadkari seeking extension of the benefit to commercial vehicles.<\/h4>\n<h4>Transporters fear small operators could go under without support, especially amid rising fuel and maintenance costs. The associations stress that they are vital to India\u2019s logistics and public mobility and deserve equitable treatment in toll policies.<\/h4>\n<h4>The Ministry has so far remained silent on extending the scheme to commercial vehicles. The toll pass\u2014announced by Gadkari on June 18\u2014will be available via the Rajmarg Yatra app and websites of NHAI and MoRTH. The government expects private car users to save up to \u20b97,000 a year under the scheme.<\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/jsw-infra-wins-rs-740-crore-kolkata-port-project-with-1-million-teu-capacity\/\">JSW Infra Wins Rs 740 Crore Kolkata Port Project With 1 Million TEU Capacity<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h5>Karnataka Commercial Vehicle Operators Demand FASTag Toll Relief Call Exclusion Unfair<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karnataka&#8217;s commercial transport unions have pushed back against the Union Government\u2019s new annual FASTag pass, which offers private vehicle owners 200 toll-free highway trips for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62327,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[149,146,147,148],"tags":[14735,81008,81009,81010,81011,68614,81012,81013,81014,81015,81016,81017,74885,58653],"class_list":["post-62407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-infrastructure","category-latest","category-news","category-urban-news","tag-aituc","tag-cab-operators-protest","tag-commercial-toll-discount-demand","tag-commercial-vehicle-toll","tag-fastag-toll-scheme","tag-india-logistics-cost","tag-indian-highways-toll-pass","tag-karnataka-transport-unions","tag-kstoa","tag-nhai-toll-updates","tag-nitin-gadkari-toll-policy","tag-private-toll-relief","tag-rajmarg-yatra-app","tag-road-transport-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livzzy.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}