16-hour ticket-checking drive detects 725 ticketless travellers on trains in Keralam
Southern Railway conducted a 16-hour intensive ticket-checking drive across the Thiruvananthapuram division, resulting in 725 cases of ticketless travel. The operation aimed to ensure a comfortable journey for valid ticket holders and resulted in over ₹5.6 lakh in fines.
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This highlights ongoing efforts by Indian Railways to improve service quality and revenue collection through stricter enforcement of travel regulations.
A ticket-checking drive conducted by the Southern Railway in the Thiruvananthapuram division detected 725 cases of ticketless travel in just 16 hours. The enforcement squad imposed penalties totalling ₹5.66 lakh on illegal travellers.
According to the Southern Railway, the 16-hour special ticket-checking drive was organised across various sections simultaneously from 4 p.m. on August 30 to 8 a.m. on August 31 to prevent unauthorised travel in both reserved and unreserved classes.
The Ernakulam squad detected 426 cases on the Kottayam–Ernakulam, Alappuzha–Ernakulam and Ernakulam–Guruvayur sections and imposed fines totalling ₹3,70,225.
The Thiruvananthapuram squad detected 148 cases on the Thiruvananthapuram–Kayamkulam section and imposed fines amounting to ₹1,00,460.
The Kollam squad detected 106 cases, with fines amounting to ₹65,245, while the Nagercoil squad detected 45 cases and imposed fines totalling ₹30,280.
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