The railway authorities on Wednesday embarked on a special drive against passengers travelling without ticket at Tatanagar railway station under the Chakradharpur railway division of South Eastern Railway (SER).
A special team of ticket examiners on Wednesday intercepted suspected offenders and charged penalty at the Tatanagar station. More than 100 passengers were caught traveling without ticket. The drive was led by chief commercial manager (Passenger Services), South Eastern Railway, JV Verma.
A senior official in the squad said that the aim of such special ticket checking drive is to generate revenue as the number of ticketless passengers has increased over the past few years, resulting in fall of revenue. He noted that Ticket Checking staff, comprising Chief Ticket Inspectors, Travelling Ticket Examiners and staff of Special Squads is engaged day and night in regular ticket checking activities in all express and ordinary passenger trains. In addition, surprise checks are being carried out by a Flying Squad and also by officers to monitor and guide the ticket checking drives and ensure that penalties are levied on erring passengers as per rules.
“ We appeal to the passengers to travel with proper tickets and travel authorities without violating any rule in this regard,” said the official.