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NH Toll Plazas May Go Cashless From Apr 1
Kashmir Observer
|FEBRUARY 21, 2026 ISSUE
NHAI Proposes Only FASTag, UPI Payments
Highways authority NHAI is considering discontinuing cash payments at highway toll plazas from April 1, requiring commuters to use only digital modes such as FASTag or UPI for toll payments.
Post implementation, all toll payments at National Highway fee plazas will be processed exclusively through digital modes, using FASTag or Unified Payments Interface (UPI), the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) said.
The authority said it is contemplating completely discontinuing cash transactions at the National Highway fee plazas across the country from April 1, 2026, in order to develop a fully digital National Highway tolling ecosystem.
This story is from the FEBRUARY 21, 2026 ISSUE edition of Kashmir Observer.
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