Chennai: The All Omni Bus Owners Association of Tamil Nadu announced on Saturday the suspension of daily services to neighbouring Kerala following the imposition of hefty fines by the state.

The decision to withdraw the service from November 7 would affect hundreds of people, including Ayyappa devotees undertaking pilgrimage to Sabarimala in the coming weeks.

The Kerala Transport Department imposed fines totalling ₹70 lakhs for alleged permit violations and had detained over 30 buses, the association claimed.

"Buses from Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai and other places were imposed a fine of  ₹2 lakh to  ₹2.5 lakh per bus. The Kerala Transport Department resorted to the sudden imposition of the fine on November 7, resulting in hardship to our passengers and to us too," the association president A Anbalagan said in a statement.

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The sudden action left the passengers in the lurch, he said and claimed that the bookings of 150 buses were cancelled. He also urged the Tamil Nadu government to intervene and amicably resolve the issue immediately.

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