Scrutiny of reserved tickets in trains and allotment of vacant seats would be done using handheld terminals as ticket checking staff of Jabalpur, Bhopal and Kota got 750 HHT machines, equipped with modern technology and will provide many facilities to the passengers.
In order to promote the Digital India campaign, Indian Railways is using Hand Held Terminal (HHT) equipment by its ticketing inspectors/examiners to check reserved tickets in a running train and provide vacant seats to other passengers.
A total of 749 hand held terminals have been provided by WCR Headquarters to Jabalpur division, 344 to Bhopal division, 196 to Kota division and 182 to Kota division along with 27 spares to Jabalpur. For this, training is being given to ticket checking staff at WCR Headquarters. This new e-device form hand held terminal (HHT) equipped with state-of-the-art technology was first started with Sampark Kranti Express running from Jabalpur to Nizamuddin of Jabalpur division.
Its use will bring transparency in the work of TTE and the use of vacant berths during train operation will also be accompanied by rail records. Through this HHT, now the ticket inspector will be able to see the details of the passenger in it instead of the chart, which will save paper as well as save the main power. By feeding the details of vacant berths by the invigilator in this device, the passengers will be able to book the available vacant berths in that train at the next station in the form of current tickets through mobile from the station or internet.