Title - Rly travellers without ticket fined

Continuing its drive against commuters without tickets, South East Central Railway, Bilaspur Division launched a massive ticket checking drive at Jairamnagar station.Railways officials said that under the leadership of Kishore Nikhare, assistant commercial manager, Bilaspur Division, collected fines to the tune of over Rs 73,000 from 322 cases. The checking was carried out in 17 different trains under the campaign. In the meantime, the assistant commercial manager appealed commuters with super fast Monthly Season Ticket (MST) and other MST to travel only in general compartment.According to the direction of Divisional Railway Manager, officials of railway frequently launched ticket checking drive in Jairamnagar station. The main objective of such campaigns is to maintain discipline and control movement of passengers without valid tickets.Meanwhile, the division has collected fine of over Rs 29,000 from 104 commuters travelling without ticket, around Rs 38,000 from 116 passengers travelling with invalid ticket and about Rs 5,500 from 102 cases of invalid luggage booking. As a result of frequent ticket checking drive, 15 per cent hike in ticket selling has been marked in the division, claimed officials of Bilaspur Division, adding that assistant commercial manager accompanied with chief ticket inspector PC Majhi and VK Sinha, 11 jawans of Railway Protection Force and 19 ticket checking staffs smoothly executed massive ticket checking campaign. Officials called upon public to travel with valid ticket and purchase platform ticket before entering inside the railway station.