Western Railway fines 1.78 lakh passengers for ticketless travelling during July 2016
Mumbai | August 24, 2016 : Western Railway conducted regular checks during July, 2016 where in more than 1.78 lakh cases of ticketless/irregular travel including unbooked luggage cases were detected, resulting in recovery of Rs.7.04 crore, which is 9.06% more than the corresponding month of the last year. During the month, 69 cases of illegal transfer of reserved tickets were detected. Besides, 1360 beggars & unauthorized hawkers etc were apprehended, evicted, fined and more than 270 persons were sent to jail
During this period, 200 checks were conducted against touts and other anti-social elements by Western Rly’s commercial department. As a result, 88 persons were apprehended and prosecuted and fined under various sections of Railways Act.
During the month of July 2016, 210 school children above 12 years of age were detected traveling in ladies compartment of suburban trains and were removed from ladies compartment by Surakshini squad.
Western Railway regularly comes down heavily on ticketless travellers by conducting such intensive campaigns. In its endeavour to provide better services to its bonafide rail users and also to curb ticketless travelling, WR has regularly been taking necessary steps. Senior Officers are closely monitoring the revenue loss due to ticketless travel and such other irregularities.WR urges all rail users to buy proper railway ticket and travel with dignity.
