CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government's decision to make the e-pass compulsory for those entering from Kerala has caused difficulties to thousands of passengers. The border towns of Coimbatore and Nagercoil witnessed people travelling to Tamil Nadu being stopped and not allowed to enter until the e-pass registration was done.
The Tamil Nadu government has made e-pass mandatory for those travelling to the state from Kerala since March 10 following the spike in Covid cases in Kerala. Many were ignorant of the decision and the police detained them at the borders, which led to serpentine queues.
College students, who daily travel from Parasuvakkal and Parasala at the borders of Thiruvananthapuram to Nagercoil where several engineering and other colleges are situated, were also faced with the situation of waiting in the queues for long.
People travelling to Bengaluru, who have to cross the Tamil Nadu border towns were also subjected to checking and after registration for e-pass were allowed to move further.
Goods vehicles were, however, not stopped on Wednesday but will have to mandatorily register and its crew will not be given any leniency in the days to come.
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