New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) today successfully implemented the 'FASTag annual pass' facility at about 1,150 toll plazas on National Highways and Expressways across the country.

The annual pass has received an overwhelming response from the National Highway users, an official statement said.

Till 7 PM on the first day of implementation, around 1.4 lakh users purchased and activated the annual pass and around 1.39 lakh transactions were recorded on toll plazas. Around 20,000 - 25,000 concurrent users are using the Rajmargyatra App at any point in time and annual pass users are receiving SMS messages for zero deduction of toll fee.

NHAI officials and Nodal officers have been appointed at each toll p...