2024-04-06 04:11:06
Bhopal: Although Indian Railways earns well from freight and passenger fares. Even in new trains, a good amount of money is earned by providing facilities to the passengers, but this time something has happened that the Railways has earned an additional amount of Rs 45 crore. Railways has earned this money from ticketless passengers.
According to railway officials, a checking campaign was conducted by the Railway Department in the last financial year, in which fine has been imposed on passengers traveling without tickets, traveling in trains with wrong tickets and carrying goods without freight. During this period, Railways has earned more than Rs 45 crore in just one financial year. This amount is 18.36 percent more than the last financial year. In the last financial year, Railways had received a fine amount of Rs 38 crore 9 lakh, while in this financial year it has received an amount of Rs 45 crore.
In the current financial year, a total of 722731 cases of passengers traveling without tickets, irregular tickets and carrying unbooked luggage have been detected. Railways has earned a total revenue of Rs 450704190 from these passengers.
how much recovery from where
ticketless passenger
According to railway officials, 366516 passengers were caught traveling without tickets at the stations of Bhopal Railway Division. Rs 276072990 including fare and fine was recovered from them.
traveling with a wrong ticket
353113 passengers traveling with irregular tickets were caught, from which Railways received Rs 173986305 as fare and fine.
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carrying goods without booking
Along with this, Railways has also taken action against those passengers who were carrying their luggage from here to there without booking. 3102 cases of traveling with unbooked luggage were detected. Rs 644895 were recovered from them.