Passengers in govt. buses forced to cool their heels at toll plazas

NHAI staff stop buses due to failure to recharge FASTag

Frequent incidents of Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) buses being stopped at toll plazas on national highways for failure to recharge the FASTag have irked passengers.

In one such incident, about 50 passengers travelling from Thanjavur to Tiruchi had to wait at Vazhavanthankottai toll plaza on Tiruchi-Thanjavur highway on Thursday for more than an hour. When the bus with the registration number TN68 N1266 reached the Vazhavanthankottai toll plaza around 7.30 am, the bus was stopped by the personnel as the transport authorities had failed to recharge the vehicle’s FASTag to pass through National Highways Authority of India’s (NHAI) electronic toll collection system.