SCR collects Rs 30.53 lakh in one-day ticket-checking drive

South Central Railway detected more than 4,100 cases of ticketless and irregular travel during a special ticket-checking drive across three divisions on Monday. The operation covered 169 trains and generated over Rs 30.53 lakh in penalties, besides fines for littering, smoking and unauthorised hawking.

Hyderabad: The Commercial Department of South Central Railway (SCR) conducted a large-scale ticket checking drive across its Secunderabad, Hyderabad and Nanded divisions, detecting more than 4,100 cases of ticketless and irregular travel while collecting over Rs 30.53 lakh in penalties on a single day on Monday.

The intensive day-long operation covered 169 trains and involved 186 ticket checking staff.

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SCR officials said the drive targeted passengers travelling without valid tickets, irregular travellers, those carrying unbooked luggage, as well as offenders involved in littering, smoking on railway premises and unauthorised hawking.

During the special drive, railway officials detected 4,121 cases of ticketless travel, irregular travel and unbooked luggage, generating ticket checking revenue of Rs 30.53 lakh.

Additionally, 35 passengers were fined a total of Rs 7,300 for littering, while 19 unauthorised hawkers were penalised Rs 38,000. Two passengers caught smoking in railway premises were fined Rs 4,000.