Ambala Division collects Rs12.4 cr penalty

Tribune News Service

Ambala, October 16

The Ambala division of the northern railway has earned nearly Rs 12.4 crore through ticket checking during financial year 2021-22 up to September-end.

It has imposed fine on more than 2.28 lakh unauthorised passengers during this period.

A railway official said, “A large number of people are caught travelling without ticket and improper ticket every day. The Ambala Division of Northern Railway carried out vigorous checking campaigns in the entire division to nab passengers travelling in trains without tickets, improper tickets and without booking their luggage or carrying more than the permissible limit of luggage inside the trains.

“Under various types of ticket-checking campaigns conducted regularly by the ticket checking staff of the commercial department of the division, a total of 2.28 lakh unauthorised passengers and 3,805 passengers who had not booked their luggage in passenger trains were fined. A total of Rs 12.4 crore was recovered from these people as fine, he said.

Divisional Railway Manager of Ambala Division, Gurinder Mohan Singh said that the checking drive was carried out by Ambala Division in all the trains so that the people travelling in trains with proper tickets don’t face any inconvenience due to those who are travelling without ticket.

“To nab the passengers travelling without ticket, special ticket-checking drives are being run on all the routes under the Ambala Division by ticket-checking staff. About 70 checking staff were deployed for these checking operations. In this way, the revenue of the Railways in the form of recovery of fines has increased more than expected,” he said.

Senior Divisional Commercial Manager Hari Mohan said that this is the result of continuous efforts of senior supervisors and hard work of dedicated and diligent checking staff. The efforts of the ticket-checking staff of the division are commendable and the Ambala division is committed to fulfilling the aspirations of the passengers.

The Ambala Division has also apprehended 2,365 passengers for not wearing face masks and 1,353 cases of smoking and littering were also recorded up to September-end.