Tamil Nadu e-pass: Keralites face problem at day one in Palakkad borders

By Express News Service
PALAKKAD: The making of e-pass necessary for Keralites who want to enter Tamil Nadu put into problem lots of of passengers on the primary day of its implementation on the borders of Palakkad district right here on Wednesday.

The spike in Corona circumstances in Kerala was cited as the rationale for the introduction of e-pass on the border level in Walayar and different checkposts within the district.

Many individuals who arrived in non-public autos and buses who had not registered on the web site had been instructed to register by the Tamil Nadu police and officers of the well being division after which proceed on their onward journey.

As there are not any direct buses of KSRTC or TNSTC from Palakkad to Coimbatore, the passengers used to alight at Walayar after which board one other bus to Coimbatore. 

These passengers had been additionally instructed to register. Many staff who journey to cities in Tamil Nadu from right here and in addition school college students who journey to Coimbatore day by day registered from their cell phones after which proceeded to their locations.

Their journey was delayed because of the registration course of.Many folks had been seen making an attempt to register on the Tamil Nadu web site ‑ eregister.tnega.org.

While a few of them accomplished the method rapidly via their cell phones, many had been unable to take action as a result of technical glitches. These folks had been stranded on the border.

However, items autos weren’t stopped on Wednesday. But officers said that within the coming days the inspections shall be made strict and e-pass can be made necessary for the crew of products autos additionally.It was at 9am on Wednesday that the inspection of autos was enforced strictly at Walayar. 

The inspections had been primarily carried out on two-wheeler riders and automobile passengers.

Many individuals who had been certain for cities like Bengaluru and needed to journey via Tamil Nadu had been additionally stranded for a while as they needed to register from their cell phones earlier than continuing.The KSRTC carried out three bond providers to Coimbatore from Palakkad depot.

As the passengers who had been day by day commuters and workers had registered earlier we skilled no drawback. 

But the passengers who had boarded abnormal providers of KSRTC to Walayar for his or her onward journey to Coimbatore had been blocked on the border, mentioned T A Ubaid, district transport officer of Palakkad depot.

Similar inspections had been additionally carried out at 13 checkposts in Palakkad district which share border with Tamil Nadu.