With the end of the first quarter of FY 2022-23, North Central Railway (NCR) has realised ₹51.66 crores through a strict ticket checking initiative as part of a mission to crackdown on ticketless rail travellers.
As per tentative figures received, during the first three months of the current financial year, Prayagraj Division realized ₹28.37 crores through ticket checking while Jhansi and Agra divisions earned ₹13.07 and ₹10.22 crores respectively, informed Shivam Sharma, chief public relations officer (CPRO) of NCR.
As the economy recovers from the pandemic, there has been a surge in all activities which yield revenue to the kitty of government. NCR officials share that ticket checking is a dynamic activity performed in railways in various forms. Most visible is the regular ticket checking, which is performed by travelling ticket examiners (TTEs) on board a train. In addition to it, special checks are conducted like fortress check (in which the train is fortified from all sides by checking staff and passengers are checked for valid tickets), magistrate checks (it is performed in the presence of railway magistrate and offenders are tried accordingly), ambush checks etc, they add.
