Railways collected Rs 2.69 lakh from 397 ticketless passengers in Shahdol checking drive
A ticket-checking drive on trains and platforms in Shahdol booked 397 ticketless passengers on Sunday and recovered Rs 2,69,020.
A special ticket-checking campaign was being run on trains and platforms.
Checking drive on trains recovered Rs 2.69 lakh from 397 passengers
Under the checking drive on passenger trains and platforms on Sunday, the railways booked 397 passengers travelling without tickets and recovered Rs 2,69,020. In the drive, checking squad member Vikas Behra, through CC TC, booked 154 ticketless cases, CTI Harish Singh booked 151, and CTI P.S. Silawat booked 92. This was the highest single-day figure for action in Shahdol compared with the previous year. Local railway officials said the special ticket-checking campaign was being run under the direction and guidance of Bilaspur Zone Principal Chief Commercial Manager Praveen Kumar Pandey, Bilaspur Division Senior Divisional Commercial Manager Anurag Singh and Divisional Commercial Manager S. Bharatiyan. Its aim was to increase railway revenue and raise awareness among passengers about travelling with tickets. Under this, a ticket-checking campaign was being run in Shahdol as well, and passengers were being made aware.
