Eastern Railway has given more thrust on ticket checking drive to curb ticket-less travelling as well as travelling without proper travel authority and /or with unbooked luggage. Special drives have been intensified all over Eastern Railway’s jurisdiction, even with Ticket Checking Special Trains.
As a result of such intensive ticket checking drive in ER’s jurisdiction during the period from 01.11.2019 to 20.11.2019, altogether 1,56,697 persons were detected for travelling without or with an improper ticket as well as carrying unbooked luggage. An amount of Rs.4,47,69,682/- was realized from those offenders as fare and fine.
The detection of cases is 24.61% higher and the earnings from ticket checking has gone up by 43.12% than that of the corresponding period of previous year.