VELLORE: Demanding all state bus passes, members of the differently abled association stayed away from the pass renewal conducted by the district’s differently-abled office in Vellore on Thursday.

“We have submitted petitions to both the transport secretary and the director of the differently abled department seeking all state bus passes against the usual pass covering integrated Vellore district (Vellore, Ranipet and Tirupattur). This enables us to travel only between Arakkonam (Ranipet district) to Tirupattur (Tirupattur district) and is of no help as those living in Arakkonam will have to travel to Chennai and those in Tirupattur to Salem and other business places,” diffabled association sources said.