After a successful checking drive initiated during Diwali and Chhath Puja last year, Ludhiana railway officials are all geared up to catch ticket violators this Holi.
In February, the checking teams in Ludhiana collected penalty to the tune of ₹1.30 crore from passengers travelling without tickets.
“Thousands of such violators were caught during checking last month following which they were made to pay the ticket fare along with a ₹250 fine. Most of them were the migrant labourers heading to their hometowns,” said a railway official.
