Title - Western Railway collects over Rs 30,000 in fine

AHMEDABAD: Continuing its drive against illegal ticket sellers and touts Western railway collected Rs 21,707 in fine last week from the Ahmedabad division. The western railway team kept a strict vigil at reservation centres and held eight people with illegal tickets. Railway also collected Rs 9500 by cancelling the illegitimate tickets. In another drive against male passengers travelling in women's coaches, railway found 189 male passengers at fault and collected Rs 12,600 in fine from them.

Last week, Western railway recovered over Rs. 1,76,37,856 from ticketless travelers in May and June in Ahmedabad division. In a drive conducted in last two months, 34954 cases of ticketless travelling were registered and fine was slapped on the travelers. WR also recovered Rs. 8,86,785 from people travelling on illegal tickets and Rs 2,04,710 from people causing dirtiness on Ahmedabad station. WR has been constantly conducting campaigns against illegal tickets and travelling. The amounts recovered in last two months are the biggest recovery in 2013.

The Ahmedabad division of Western Railway has been actively dealing with touts and illegal ticket sellers. Since Ahmedabad is one of the biggest railway stations, it's a perfect ground for touts as there is always a rush.