The Bhopal Divisional Railway Administration has imposed a fine of more than Rs 15 lakh for unnecessarily chain pulling in trains. In the past 11 months between January and November, a total of 2385 people were caught by the Railways and were presented in the court.

According to the Railways, action will be taken against those doing chain pulling without any valid reason under Section 141 of the Indian Railways Act 1989, which has a provision of imprisonment up to one year or fine up to Rs 1,000 or both.

This year, out of a total of 4219 chain pulling cases in 11 months, 2385 cases of  unnecessarily  chain pulling were found, and the Railway Protection Force registered cases under Section 141 of the Railway Act. After this he was presented in Railway Court, Bhopal. From which a total fine of Rs 1516780 was collected.

One of the issues affecting the running time of trains is chain pulling. Chain pulling has been arranged by the Railways for special and emergency situations, but many times chain pulling is done without any reason even in normal situations. Due to which, apart from the chain pulled train, the trains running behind it are also delayed/affected, causing loss of time and revenue as well as causing inconvenience to co-passengers.

Due to the proposed block to provide connectivity from 'A' cabin to platform number 7 in Ratlam Down Yard of Western Railway Ratlam Division, train number 19340 Bhopal-Dahod Express running from Bhopal from  December 19 to 25 will run up to Nagda and Nagda-Dahod. The middle will remain partially cancelled. Similarly, from December 20 to 25 , train number 19339 Dahod-Bhopal Express running from Dahod will run from Nagda and will remain partially canceled between Dahod-Nagda.