Indian Railways always strives to provide proper and safe services to its passengers. This time, the staff of the Eastern Railway’s commercial division at Howrah has achieved exemplary results in ticket checking.
In the last 20 days, from August 1 to August 20, 2024, the activists have reportedly successfully collected around Rs 1.15 crore in fines. In total, around 46,000 cases of ticketless travel and illegal tickets have been detected.
Railways have introduced ticket checking to prevent ticketless travel. Huge recovery from Eastern Railway within 20 days.
Kaushik Mitra, Chief Public Relations Officer, Eastern Railway, said, “Our main objective is not to collect fines from ticketless passengers but to encourage them to purchase correct tickets through various awareness campaigns.
There are various modes of purchasing tickets like booking counters, ATVM and also online. Railways feel that ticketless passengers not only have to pay heavy fines but also damage their image in society.
Last month, Indian Railways cracked down on passengers travelling without tickets. A special campaign is run to catch such travellers. The railway authorities have caught many offenders and imposed fines, leading to substantial revenue gains. In the first quarter of the financial year 2024-25, Indian Railways earned more than Rs 8 crore from fines.
Prashasti Srivastava, Chief Public Relations Officer of the Agra Division of Northern Railway, stated that a special ticket-checking campaign was conducted in April, May and June 2024. The campaign aimed to prevent ticketless travel. It also targeted irregular travel, unbooked luggage, littering, smoking and unauthorised vendors.
During this period, 1.40 lakh cases were identified. A total penalty of Rs 8.76 crore was imposed. Many passengers had sleeper tickets but sat in AC coaches to avoid the heat. As soon as the train started, the ticket checkers began their inspections and fined these passengers.
In June alone, Rs 2.98 crore was collected from 47,136 passengers. This included Rs 1.74 crore from 23,077 ticketless passengers. Additionally, Rs 1.24 crore was collected from 24,034 passengers travelling without proper authorisation. Rs 7,975 was collected from 25 passengers carrying unbooked luggage.
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