Scores of people who went to pay their telephone and electricity bills had to wait for hours together for their turn. The problem was on account of the eSeva server that was busy accepting transactions of the Regional Transport Authority (RTA). As April 30 is the last date for payment of all RTA taxes including vehicle and road taxes, there was more rush at some e-seva centres.
The eSeva data centre sends data to the RTA server relating to its transactions and as Friday was the penultimate day for payment of taxes, the data was too huge for the server to handle
