South Central Railway carried out continuous drives against ticketless travel, irregular travel and un-booked luggage during the month of July, 2014 all over the zone, with a view to ensure comfortable and safe travel of the bona-fide passengers.
As a part of these, the Ticket checking staff and Railway Protection Force personnel of SCR undertook series of regular checks, surprise checks, fortress checks, Road checks etc., during the month of July, 2014. During the course of these checks conducted, a total of 2.25 lakh cases were detected. These include 69 thousand cases of travel without tickets; 75 thousand cases of irregular travel (transfer of reserved tickets, adults traveling with child without ticket / Sr. Citizen tickets, General & Season ticket holders found traveling in reserved Coaches etc.) and 81 thousand cases of un-booked luggage.
An amount of Rs. 7.03 Cr. was realized from these ticketless travelers, irregular travelers and un-booked luggage cases towards penalty which is 6.67% higher when compared to the penalty realized in July, 2013.
The surprise checks carried out by the Flying Squads of the Divisions and Head Quarters and fortress checks conducted by senior officials at major stations helped reduce ticketless travel to ensure comfortable and safe journey to bonafide passengers.
As a part of these, the Ticket checking staff and Railway Protection Force personnel of SCR undertook series of regular checks, surprise checks, fortress checks, Road checks etc., during the month of July, 2014. During the course of these checks conducted, a total of 2.25 lakh cases were detected. These include 69 thousand cases of travel without tickets; 75 thousand cases of irregular travel (transfer of reserved tickets, adults traveling with child without ticket / Sr. Citizen tickets, General & Season ticket holders found traveling in reserved Coaches etc.) and 81 thousand cases of un-booked luggage.
An amount of Rs. 7.03 Cr. was realized from these ticketless travelers, irregular travelers and un-booked luggage cases towards penalty which is 6.67% higher when compared to the penalty realized in July, 2013.
The surprise checks carried out by the Flying Squads of the Divisions and Head Quarters and fortress checks conducted by senior officials at major stations helped reduce ticketless travel to ensure comfortable and safe journey to bonafide passengers.
