Southern Railway rakes in Rs 5.83 lakh from fines in six hours by nikhilndls on 05 September, 2013 - 09:00 AM | ||
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nikhilndls | Southern Railway rakes in Rs 5.83 lakh from fines in six hours on 05 September, 2013 - 09:00 AM | |
CHENNAI: Southern Railway collected 5.83 lakh fine from ticketless travelers in six hours after a massive ticket checking drive was carried out on Wednesday.More than 1,737 cases of ticketless travel and travel in first class with second class ticket and other violations were found during the drive that was conducted from 5am to 11am at Central, Egmore, Perambur, Tiruvallur and Tambaram railway stations."There were 1,297 cases of ticketless travel which yielded a fine of 4.27lakh. This was a massive drive conducted under supervision of chief commercial manager Sarala Balagopal," said a senior official. |