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Old 6th January 2020, 18:54   #1186
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Queues and the wait is getting lengthier day by day with no sign of improvement. It is more pain that you have to wait even to exit.
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Old 6th January 2020, 19:15   #1187
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Queues and the wait is getting lengthier day by day with no sign of improvement. It is more pain that you have to wait even to exit.
Yes, Its become pain travelling in Nice Road, Queues getting lengthier and timing is almost getting equivalent to driving in non-toll road. Uneven road and Exorbitant toll rates. Unless they quickly move to Fastag solution like ORR Hyderabad, NICE road wont be nice anymore.
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Everyday i keep staring at the roof of the toll gate, but no sigh of an RFID scanner till today.
Saturday night at Sompura entry toll gate, as usual I was looking for RFID scanner and found this!

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I guess Fastag option is coming sooner than later
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Have users noticed the the tickets mention NECE instead of NICE ?. NECE also is displayed on the dot matrix display. We can only wait and watch if Fastag is implemented. Till then I will keep using the Epay card.
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Yes, Its become pain travelling in Nice Road, Queues getting lengthier and timing is almost getting equivalent to driving in non-toll road. Uneven road and Exorbitant toll rates. Unless they quickly move to Fastag solution like ORR Hyderabad, NICE road wont be nice anymore.
I guess the new system has created some glitches in the system or it might be the teething issues. It took me 22 minutes in Hosur road entry yesterday evening and the queue was not very long when I joined, but it was moving at unusually slow pace. Again there was a queue at Bannarghata road entry today morning which is unusual. After few attempts with my Epay, operator said he is unable to get it working and he doesn’t know what is wrong followed by the usual request of pay at exit. I keep some change handy for such eventualities and always try to pay at entry and not waste time and cause inconvenience to others at the exit.
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A text message used to come on the registered mobile when the Ecard was used. This was useful to track the card balance and also alert user if any fraudulent usage. This has stopped working from last few weeks, guess it is another impact of the new system.
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A text message used to come on the registered mobile when the Ecard was used. This was useful to track the card balance and also alert user if any fraudulent usage. This has stopped working from last few weeks, guess it is another impact of the new system.
I queried about this to one of the operators on hoskerehalli tollbooth. He said they are not investing anymore on the epay system as fastag is due soon. As per him, all infrastructure is ready from their end and they are waiting for permission to initiate.
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I queried about this to one of the operators on hoskerehalli tollbooth. He said they are not investing anymore on the epay system as fastag is due soon. As per him, all infrastructure is ready from their end and they are waiting for permission to initiate.
Hope that happens soon. They in fact upgraded to a new system that replaced Barcode tokens with QR Code recently. That may not have a link with EPay and can even be done to facilitate Fastag.
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Noticed a completely burnt skeleton of a car near the NICE Hosur road exit today morning. It was looking like an Indica and was not there last week. Hope no one was hurt.
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Noticed a completely burnt skeleton of a car near the NICE Hosur road exit today morning. It was looking like an Indica and was not there last week. Hope no one was hurt.
Had read on a WA group about a Tigor on fire near EC last Saturday. Maybe it is the same car.
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Had read on a WA group about a Tigor on fire near EC last Saturday. Maybe it is the same car.
Sounds right. I was sure it was a Tata, but didn't match Indica by the rear looks.

This probable is the first story of a Tigor going upon flames?
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Fastag scanners finally appear at NICE toll booths. Hosakerehalli exit and entrance has them in all lanes while Kanakapura road entrance had two lanes out of three.
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First picture is from Kanakapura road entrance and second picture at hosakerehalli exit
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1 month ago, saw this in Sompura toll gate. Now it has been installed on Kanankapura road. Electronic city still had not got this today. At this pace not sure by when it'll be operational. I've another 2 weeks of balance left in my epay card. Hope fastag option will be Available by then.
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Heard from a NICE road employee that fastag would be enabled around the April-May time period. Hope it is true. ECity toll has unbearable long queues during evening peak hours.
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1 month ago, saw this in Sompura toll gate. Now it has been installed on Kanankapura road. Electronic city still had not got this today. At this pace not sure by when it'll be operational.
This has got installed at Electronic City and Bannerghata entries, I noticed this yesterday (6th Feb)
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