Team-BHP - Traffic and life on the roads in Chennai

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Originally Posted by hserus (Post 4827281)

Rhetorical question #2 - Why do you think they came here in the first place?

And how much more does he think employers would have been paying workers? And how they are going to struggle now those people have gone home.

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Originally Posted by Warwithwheels (Post 4822954)

How’s the scene outside your home? Do people adhere to the self imposed lockdown?

This is the scene at 7:30 PM yesterday on the ever busy Madambakkam Main Road, branching out of Tambaram- Velachery Main Road. Sorry for the pic clarity

Toll collections have started on OMR road in Chennai. Also there are dedicated FASTAG lanes. For people who have Local Resident Pass(LRP), any idea how to link LRP to Fastag so that they are not charged for using fastag lanes?

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Originally Posted by kiran_cr (Post 4855934)

Toll collection on ECR has also begun. For LRP, they're currently following the old system where we go ahead and physically hand over the LRP card to the toll booth operator.

It would be interesting to see the integration of LRP and Fastag.

Additionally, the ECR-Kelambakkam Road is being widened and it seems like they will be adding one more toll booth on each side. Much needed!

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Originally Posted by kiran_cr (Post 4855934)

Contact the toll operator's office at the Perungudi end of the tollgate.

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Originally Posted by hserus (Post 4856040)

Contact the toll operator's office at the Perungudi end of the tollgate.

I checked at the Perungudi toll plaza office, they mentioned that LRP and FASTAG linkage will be done in about a month "automatically", till then LRP holders should use CASH ONLY lanes. I repeatedly asked them if we as users have to do anything in the linkage process, they replied in negative. Im not sure how the linkage will happen automatically. Any views on this?

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Originally Posted by kiran_cr (Post 4859276)

I checked at the Perungudi toll plaza office, they mentioned that LRP and FASTAG linkage will be done in about a month "automatically",

Most likely just based on the car license number.

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Originally Posted by hserus (Post 4859279)

Most likely just based on the car license number.

Yes even i thought so. In that case will they "debit" the toll amount from Fastag balance and "reimburse" later or at run time itself will it recognise the fastag as an LRP, is what is to be seen. I will test it after about a month and see.

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Originally Posted by kiran_cr (Post 4859297)

Me too waiting for the solution. I would guess, if both are linked, when we pass through Fastag lanes, it would recognise the LRP and will let go without any debit. That is how it should be programmed in my opinion.

Swami

Went out yesterday for the first time in four months for a necessary doctor visit. While we were out we just drove around a couple of sentimental sites and took a look at the sea from the car. All within 10km. Late afternoon, early evening.

It was amazing! There was very little traffic, and almost all of it was driving within bounds of sanity. It was like driving here around twelve years ago, when the huge expansion in number of vehicles just got started. I even drove around the Kapaleeswara Mada Streets without any major jam.

Obviously it isn't going to stay this way. Selfish pleasure aside, I have to say I hope it isn't, because, like most, I really want us to be able to return to our normal lives.

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Originally Posted by kiran_cr (Post 4859297)

In that case will they "debit" the toll amount from Fastag balance and "reimburse" later or at run time itself will it recognise the fastag as an LRP, is what is to be seen.

Went through ECR-Kelambakkam toll gate yesterday and I showed them the LRP. Received a message about them debiting my FasTag a day later, so I reached out to the toll helpline in Uthandi — the person over there took my complaint but said "We will check the camera footage and see if you had shown the local resident pass to the toll booth operator from far away. If you did, we will refund the amount, if not, there will be no refund."

Not sure if this is the best way to handle the scenario but let's see how it works out in the long run.

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Originally Posted by namanski (Post 4862790)

Went through ECR-Kelambakkam toll gate yesterday and I showed them the LRP. Received a message about them debiting my FasTag a day later,

Which lane did you use? I travelled through almost all the toll plazas in and around OMR in the last few days. Always used the CASH/PASS Lane. Avoided FASTAG lanes exactly for this reason. Hope in a month LRP details would get added to FASTAG and in that case we can use any lane.

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Originally Posted by kiran_cr (Post 4863043)

Which lane did you use?

So there's just one booth on either sides of the ECR-Kelambakkam toll gate — they're expanding it right now, but the FasTag+LRP integration is probably going to be implemented quicker as compared to the completion of the construction work.

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Originally Posted by namanski (Post 4863100)

Are you referring to the toll booth on K.K.Salai which connects Sholinganallur to ECR? If so, i just went through the same and back yesterday evening. I usually goto the Apollo Pharmacy opp to CMWSSB pumping station very frequently. There are 2 lanes on each direction one for FASTAG and other for CASH/PASS. I used the cash lane for my LRP and didnt have any issues like debiting of FASTAG balance.

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Originally Posted by kiran_cr (Post 4863401)

Are you referring to the toll booth on K.K.Salai which connects Sholinganallur to ECR?

Nope, it's the one further down south connecting Kelambakkam to Kovalam. Here's the toll booth on Google Maps