With recovery of Rs 244.88 lakh fine from the passengers caught travelling without ticket or improper ticket, the South East Central Railway (SECR) on Monday claimed to have broken its own record of earning through ticket checking drives held in first quarter of the fiscal year, 2014-15.
A Press release, issued by SECR, revealed that as many as 1,30,445 passengers were caught travelling without or improper ticket during the ticket checking drives launched at different railway stations of the division between April and June, this year.
The Railways had recovered Rs 212.48 lakh fine in as many as 109540 cases of the passengers travelling without or improper ticket during Q1, last year.
The comparison showed a growth of 19.1 per cent in the number of cases of without or improper ticket travelling and a growth of 15.2 per cent as the penalty and the journey ticket amount recovered from the passengers. The senior railway officials expressed disappointment on increasing the number of ticketless cases. They also urged the passengers to obtain proper ticket of their respective journey to avoid inconvenience.
Meanwhile, as per the record, the SECR Division ferried 70.96 lakh passengers to their destination in Q1 of this fiscal year and recorded a surplus income of 15.02 per cent compared to the first three months of last fiscal year.