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Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) wide caput T.T.V. Dhinakaran connected Monday condemned the State Transport Department for having failed to “rein in” operators of omni buses from charging exorbitant fares from passengers during the ongoing Pongal festival season.
In a station connected his societal media handle, Mr Dhinakaran said the passengers were shocked to larn a manifold summation successful the fares. Instead of the mean complaint of ₹700, the operators were collecting ₹3,000 from Madurai-bound passengers from Chennai. Likewise, against the accustomed fare of ₹1,000 for Coimbatore and ₹1,400 for Tirunelveli, the charges being levied were ₹ 3,500 and ₹ 4,000 respectively. This had go a “customary feature” during each festival season, Mr. Dhinakaran pointed out, calling for measures to beryllium taken by the State authorities and its Transport section against specified operators.
In different post, the AMMK person referred to reports of atom drafting ration paper holders being turned distant astatine just terms shops without being fixed the Pongal acquisition hampers announced by the State authorities connected relationship of hold successful getting biometric verification done and shortage of antheral power. He urged the authorities to guarantee that each the eligible cardholders were supplied the Pongal acquisition hamper.
