The South Central Railway has intensified its drive against Ticketless Travel, Irregular Travel and Un-booked Luggage which causes inconvenience to the comfortable travel and security of the bona-fide passengers.
According to the SCR, in the FY 2012-13, around 23 lakh cases of Ticketless Travel / Irregular Travel / Un-booked Luggage were detected during ticket checking activities over SCR jurisdiction and an amount of around Rs.75 Cr was realized from them towards penalty which is 20 per cent more than the previous FY. Irregular travel (Viz. Un-authorized change of class of travel, Un-authorized change of passengers, traveling on transferred tickets, traveling without proper Identity Proof etc) at 9,62,662 cases and Un-booked Luggage at 8,41,270 cases are found to be more in number comparing to 4,78,835 cases of Ticketless Travel.
The number of cases of Ticketless travel detected has registered an increase of 17 per cent and the cases of Irregular Travel detected has shown an increase of 25 per cent whereas Un-booked luggage showed a decline of 0.18 per cent when compared to FY 2012-13.
As many as 2600 Ticket Checking staff, comprising Chief Ticket Inspectors, Travelling Ticket Examiners and staff of special Squads in the Divisions are engaged day and night in regular ticket checking activities in all Express and ordinary passenger trains over the Zone. In addition, surprise checks are being carried out by a 12 member Head Quarter Flying Squad and also by Officers to monitor and guide the ticket checking drives and ensure that penalties are levied on erring passengers as per rules.
The SCR described Ticketless Travel / Irregular Travel / Un-booked Luggage as a social evil and an offence as per extant rules in this regard. To prevent this, SCR is intensifying the checks / special drives to detect the erring passengers and levy penalties. In view of the above, the SCR has appealed to the passengers to travel with proper tickets / travel authorities without violating any rule in this regard. Travelling public are also requested to avoid Ticketless Travel / Irregular Travel / Un-booked Luggage in the interest of ensuring comfortable journey to bona-fide passengers and to prevent leakage of Railway revenue. (INN)