Jharkhand News: 1598 passengers caught ticketless in 24-hour drive in Dhanbad Railway Division
SUBHASH MISHRA Advertisement Advertisement Dhanbad, June 20: Altogether 1598 passengers were caught travelling without ticket (WT) in a 24-hour special drive…
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Dhanbad, June 20: Altogether 1598 passengers were caught travelling without ticket (WT) in a 24-hour special drive conducted at different stations of Dhanbad Rail Division of East Central Rail (ECR) zone.
Senior Divisional Commercial Manager (Sr DCM) cum senior public relation officer Amresh Kumar said that under special drive ticket checking was conducted indifferent rail sections of the division and stations like Dhanbad, Gomoh, Chandrapura, Koderma, Daltonganj, Chopan, Barkakana, Singrauli.
In the checking in mail and express trains 1598 passengers were caught without ticket, unauthorised travelling and with goods (luggage) without booking. “Total amount of over Rs 8.38 lakh was realized from them as fine”, said Amresh Kumar, Sr DCM of the Division.
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The Sr DCM said a total of 160 ticket checking staff were deployed in this 24 hours special campaign. He said the campaign would continue in different rail sections of Dhanbad Rail Division and major stations.
“The Main aim of this special drive is to keep control on without ticket travellers so that they can travel with ticket in future and . Action on unauthorised travellers would also make the journey of bonafide passengers comfortable,” he said.
