Drive against ticketless passengers, railway recovers Rs. 66.27 cr penalty

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaMay 20, 2024

In its drive against ticketless and irregular passengers, Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) recovered Rs 10.65 crore as a penalty from ticketless travellers from April 1 to May 19

“During the period from April 2023 to March 2024, a total of 7,93,170 cases of ticketless/irregular ticket passengers were detected leading to the recovery of Rs 66.27 crore from offenders,” an NFR release here said. 

“In the 2022-2023 fiscal, Rs 62.98 crore was realized from 7,78,808 detected cases. Thus, in comparison, 14,362 more cases were detected during the 2023-24 fiscal leading to 5.23% higher earnings in terms of penalty & fare from offenders,” it said. 

Travelling without a proper ticket or beyond the authorised distance may lead to a levy of excess charge and fare. In case a passenger fails or refuses to pay the same on demand, he shall be in default of payment and will be prosecuted under relevant sections of The Railways Act, 1989. 

“NF Railway appealed to the general public to travel with proper & valid tickets and carry valid Identity cards to avoid inconvenience. Now passengers can purchase unreserved tickets from one part of the country to another through the Unreserved Ticketing System (UTS) mobile application on their smartphones. The UTS application can be downloaded from both Android & apple app-store,” it added.