The Consortium of Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Workers Unions has alleged unorganised operation of mini-bus services from Old Bus Stand and New Bus Stand in Thanjavur.The problem has arisen due to the New Comprehensive Mini Bus scheme, allowing the commencement or termination of mini-bus operations at bus stands/stops, launched by the previous DMK regime in June 2025, it said.As the new scheme envisaged operation of mini-bus services for a maximum distance of 25 km as against 20 km in the old scheme launched in 1997, most of the fresh permits had the bus stands as their originating/destination points. Under the old scheme, a majority of mini-bus services were not allowed to be operated from or to the bus terminus/stands, sources said.Until the launching of the new scheme last year, there were only 10 to 12 mini-bus services operated from the Old and New Bus Stand. As the number of such services were minimum, there was not much difficulty in regulating the mini-bus services, and most of them were operated during non-peak hours or early morning/night.But once the new scheme came into force, the number of mini-buses originating/terminating at the bus terminus increased to 73, affecting the time-schedule of the Corporation town services.The mini bus crew/owners, sources claimed, refused to heed to the directions of the Corporation time-keepers to operate their services without affecting the time-schedule of the TNSTC town bus services. Hence, the day-to-day collection of the TNSTC town bus services was affected, they added.Hence, the Consortium has submitted a memorandum to Collector R. Revathi, who is also the Regional Transport Authority, seeking her intervention to find an amicable solution to the issue. Published - June 15, 2026 06:10 pm IST