The East Coast Railway (ECoR) collected Rs14.77 crore as fine from over 3.63 lakh ticketless and improper ticket-holder travellers during the current financial year. An official released informed that the ECoR conducted fortress checks drive in at all its platforms from April 2014 to January 2015 checks in order to check ticketless and unauthorised travel in trains and also loitering in platforms.
Fine was imposed on a total of 3,22,430 people during the period, which is 32.44 per cent more than the amount collected in the corresponding period of last year. Similarly, the fine amount Rs13,19,10,000 collected this year is 31,41 per cent more that the amount collected in the corresponding period of the last fiscal. From January 2015, the ECoR has imposed fine on 40, 870 such passengers, which is 65.13 per cent more than 2014. The amount realised during this time is Rs1.61 crore, an increase of 63.57 per cent compared last year’s corresponding period.