Title - Northern Railway to conduct special drive against Touts and unauthorised activities during Pooja/ Diwali holiday rush

To curb the activities of unscrupulous elements/touts in Mass Contact Areas during the ensuing Puja/Diwali Holidays Northern Railway Vigilance is all set to carry continuous drives. 

Northern railway has planned a “Special Drive’ period from September 18 to October 30. To conduct such drives and intensify checks special teams are constituted. These teams headed by Vigilance Inspectors and assisted by RPF staff will function o­n rotation basis and shall conduct checks in station premises and all public interface areas in the vicinity of Reservation Centres/stations.

During the drive period special thrust will be formed to check and arrest touts and unauthorised ticket sale . However due to tighter monitoring o­n regular basis touting activity has shown a perceptible decline. Vigilance teams will be focusing o­n areas like Rail Travel Service Agents, Jansadharan Ticket Booking Service, and Unauthorized Ticketing Agencies. 

The teams would also zero in o­n other areas like suspected tickets which have been prepared in fake names/IDs, Fake/forged tickets, Blank Paper Ticket (BPT), Empty Foil ticket (EFT), PCT, Circular Tout Ticket (CTT), Pass/Privilege Ticket Order(PTO), train checks, Ticket o­n Transfer (TOT), Resale/Reuse of unsold ticket, Misuse of various quotas, attachment/firing in Public Reservation System (PRS) of special trains and coaches besides weighment of Luggage Vans, Parcel Vans, unauthorized vendors at stations.