The South-East-Central (SEC) railways had launched a drive against ticketless passengers and also those traveling without booking their goods. A special drive was carried out to catch the violators from July 10 to July 22 under which 260 trains and 6349 ticketless travelers were charged a penalty for the offence.
The drive was held under the leadership of Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Shobhna Bandopadhyay headed by senior Divisional Commercial Manager K V Ramana by a squad comprising of officers from commercial department, traveling ticket examiners, commercial inspectors and RPF personnel. A total fine of Rs.16 lakhs 59 thousand and 520 was recovered from the erring travelers. The railway administration has advised to travel with proper ticket to avoid the action.
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98 of people found littering garbage also fined
It is an offense to litter in the trains, railway station area and platforms. However, passengers hardly are seen observing this rule. A fine of 9,800 was also recovered from such passengers found littering the railway station area in the operation.
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