As part of the green initiative, the Indian Railways on Friday announced to discontinue the practice of pasting of reservation charts on train coaches on a trial basis for six months beginning March 1.
By moving towards paperless initiative, on an average one railway zone would be able to save 25 tonne of charting paper and Rs 1.50 lakh every year. Other efforts include encouraging E-ticketing for both reserved and unreserved tickets.
The Railway Ministry directed the Zonal Railways to discontinue pasting of reservation charts on trains at all A1, A & B category stations. However physical/digital charts will continue to be displayed at the platform of the train. At those stations where electronic charts are displayed, plasma screens have been installed. Physical reservation charts at such platforms will also be stopped.
"The respective coach and berth number information would still be available at centralised locations in all the railway stations and also with the travelling ticket examiners," said an official release of the railways.
Earlier, pasting of reservation charts on the reserved coaches of all trains was discontinued at some major stations.
importNew Delhi, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Mumbai Central, Chennai Central, Howrah and Sealdah Stations of Indian Railways on experimental basis for a period of three months.