Transport dept extends validity of ‘travel as you please’ passes
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:26.06.2021
Tamil Nadu transport department has extended the validity of ₹1,000 ‘travel as you please’ (TAYP) passes, which expired duringthe total lockdown.
Accordingly, passes which were valid for travelling in MetropolitanTransport Corporation (MTC) buses between May 16 and June 15 will be valid till July 15. These passes will be sold till Saturday (June 26) at 29 bus depots in the city, where they are usually sold only till June 22. Close to 1.4 lakh use these TAYP passes every month, according to an official release.
Besides this, MTC sells monthly seasonal tickets to 40,000 regular bususers a month. Validity of these tickets too has been extended till July15, said transport minister R S Rajakannappan. After 43 days, MTC resumed bus services in Chennai on Monday and is operating close to 2,000 buses every day.
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