SUBHASH MISHRA
Dhanbad, Nov 25: 39,752 passengers were caught without ticket in a 23-days special drive launched at different railway stations under Dhanbad Rail Division.
A senior official of Dhanbad Divisional Railway said that the special checking campaign was carried out from November 1 to November 23 in different trains during which, a total of Rs.1.72 crores were realized as fine.
The checking campaign was launched in five rail divisions; Dhanbad, Danapur, Sonepur, Samastipur and Pandit Dindayal Upadhyay (Mughalsarai). 2.28 lakh passengers were caught travelling without tickets in the trains. The flying squad has realized the highest collection of fine of Rs 12 crores 97 lakh from them.
Railway officials said that a fine of Rs 3.89 crores from ticketless travellers was collected in Samstipur division where 59,844 passengers were caught.
Danapur division came second with catching 61,869 passengers and collecting a fine of Rs 3 crores 61 lakh followed by Dindayal Upadhyay division which collected a fine of Rs 1 crore 90 lakh from 34,131 passengers and Sonepur division that collected 1 crore 85 lakh from 32,359 passengers.
“In comparison to previous month, railway increased 21.08 percent in collection from without ticket travellers. Last month, a drive was carried out from October 1 to October 23 in all five divisions and fine of Rs 10 crores 61 lakh were collected,” said a zonal railway official.
