Senior officials of the Railways have been entrusted with the responsibility of monitoring the special checking campaign. They will prepare reports by visiting different railway stations and traveling in trains and will also consult the checking team.
Crowds have started increasing in railway stations and trains during festivals. At the same time, Railways has started planning and taking action to control the crowd. For this, about 200 teams have been formed across the country. Railway Board Executive Director Passenger Marketing Neeraj Sharma has issued instructions to all zonal general managers and divisional railway managers. They have said that they will run special checking campaigns in their respective sections and will tighten the noose against passengers traveling in trains without tickets or against rules.
During this time, an eye should also be kept on such passengers who are found traveling in trains under railway pass or railway quota. Every information will be collected from them as to from whom and why they have taken this quota of Railways, whether they have any relatives in the Railways or whether they have got the ticket confirmed after a request from an acquaintance. This action has been started by Railways from 20th October which will continue till 27th November. A report will have to be prepared and submitted to the Railway Headquarters by December 4, so that the report can be assessed.
Officials will monitor
Senior officials of the Railways have been entrusted with the responsibility of monitoring the special checking campaign. They will prepare reports by visiting different railway stations and traveling in trains and will also consult the checking team. Help of RPF will also be taken during this entire operation. Those passengers caught disobeying the rules will be fined on the spot. If he does not pay the fine, he will have to go to jail.
Ambala division teams ready
As soon as instructions were received from the Railway Board, the Commerce Department of Ambala Railway Division has started preparations in this regard. Teams will be deployed on different railway sections including Ambala-Ludhiana, Ambala-Patiala, Ambala-Chandigarh, Kalka and Shimla, Ambala-Dhuri and Bathinda and will conduct continuous raids to catch ticketless passengers. There are speculations that platform ticket rates may also increase in the coming days.
Instructions have been received from the Railway Board that a special checking campaign should be conducted in trains during festival days, so that passengers without tickets and those traveling in trains against rules can be caught and fines can be collected from them. Preparations for this have been started. More than 100 employees have been deployed at different sections. RPF’s help will be taken in this.
