The South Central Railway has been continuously running special trains and also attaching extra coaches existing trains to clear passenger rush during this holiday / festive season.
The SCR is also organizing special checks by the officials from Commercial, Vigilance and Security Departments during the festival season to prevent irregularities, if any, in Booking / Reservation arena in order to ensure that bona-fide passengers are able to book their tickets without facing any problem, according to a press release.
Raids on the premises of unauthorized and authorized travel agents with the help of local Police / Central Bureau of Investigation are being conducted in order to check / seize blocking of reservation under fictitious names and subsequent sale of transferred tickets. The checks are conducted to monitor the working of Jansadaran Ticket Booking Sevaks(JTBS), City Booking Agencies, Out Agencies, Reservation Counter at Post Offices and non-railhead Passenger Reservation Centers to prevent any malpractice in issue of tickets.
Staff are posted near windows outside of the reservation counters to countersign the reservation requisition forms after ensuring that the passengers have filled in the form completely, especially their address and phone number. In addition, the queues at the Reservation Counters are being monitored through Closed Circuit Television Cameras, wherever available, to prevent the activities of touts. Special efforts are also being made to detect fake tickets, forged tickets, resale of tickets, reuse of used tickets and also to detect misuse of Blank Paper Tickets, Extra Fare Tickets, Circular Tours Tickets and unsold tickets etc.
It is being ensured that Additional Coaches are logged in the Passenger Reservation System in time so that the waiting list is automatically updated. Statement of name change is drawn out on a daily basis and closely monitored to stop any malpractice thereof. If there are any unusually high transactions by any particular Enquiry Cum Reservation Clerk, he/she is kept under close watch to detect any possible connivance with touts. The checks will also concentrate on curbing the blocking of accommodation in Unreserved Coaches by towel spreaders / anti social elements.
Arrangements are made to man the Additional Coaches and Special Trains by Travelling Ticket Examiners so that in case any irregularity, responsibility could be fixed. South Central Railway gives wide publicity through Press Releases, Display Advertisements and publishing the news in SCR website etc., to make the general public aware of the special trains being urn and Additional coaches attached etc., to enable them to book their tickets in advance and not to fall into the hands of touts / agents. (INN)