Western Railway has been conducting regular ticket checking drives to keep a check on unauthorized travelling.
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- With these thorough drives, WR broke its past record of last five years in collecting monthly railway fines through ticket checking.
- With the strength of more than 2100 Ticket Checking staff, Western Railway recovered Rs. 19.35 Crore in the month of March 2022, in approx. 2.96 lakh cases of ticketless traveling & cases of unbooked luggage cases.
- According to a press release issued by Shri Sumit Thakur -Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, during the checks conducted from April 2021 to March 2022, about 18.87 lakh cases of ticketless/irregular travel including unbooked luggage cases were detected, resulting in recovery of Rs. 113.57 crore.
- During the period, 9 cases of transfer of reserved tickets were detected and more than Rs. 13000/- was realized. Besides this, 784 beggars & 860 unauthorized hawkers etc. were apprehended, out of which, 282 were charged and an amount of Rs. 1,16,620/- was realized as Railway dues. 576 persons were prosecuted from which Rs. 1,65,870/- were recovered in fine.
- 339 checks were conducted against touts and other anti-social elements, as a result of which 2033 persons were apprehended and fine of approx. Rs 2.19 lakh recovered.
- Western Railway appeals to the general public that all permitted categories of passengers to travel with proper and valid tickets & should carry valid Identity cards in order to avoid inconvenience.
Source: Western Railway- Press Release | Image Credit (representational): MoR
