Over 200 caught travelling sans tickets on city buses

In a drive conducted by Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) on Friday, over 200 passengers were caught travelling without tickets. A DTC official said that such checking drives will now be a regular feature and will be carried out periodically in all regions of Delhi.The drive, conducted from 8 am to 2 pm by 34 senior officers — including Regional Managers and Depot Managers — was carried out to ensure smooth operation of DTC bus service and to check the leakage of revenue through ticket-less travelling.

During the course of checking, ticket-less travelling by commuters, over travelling, non issue of tickets by conductors after collecting due fare, rash driving and improper parking of bus by driver, non stoppage of bus at proper bus stop, crew uniform etc. were checked. During the course of checking, approximately 215 passengers were detected travelling without ticket.

The checking was carried out in the areas of Anand Vihar, Khajoori, Kalyanpuri, Trilokpuri, Mayur Vihar, Noida, Jagatipuri, Samaspur Jagir Village, Rajnigandha, loni, Sarai Kale Khan, ITO, Zafrabad, Jagjit Nagar, Bhajanpura, Kamla Market, lNJP Hospital, Shyamlal College, Shastripark and laxmi Nagar, among others.