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WR collects Rs 170 cr fine in 12 months; Rs 43 cr from Mumbai suburban section
Updated On: 06 April, 2023 07:21 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
According to the statement, during the month of March 2023, an amount of Rs 12.7 crore was recovered through detection of 1.94 lakh ticketless, irregular passengers, including unbooked luggage cases
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The Western Railway has collected a record amount in fine during intense ticket checking drives from April 2022 to March 2023, including approximately Rs 43.7 crore from Mumbai suburban section.
A statement of the Western Railway said that in order to ensure hassle-free services to all passengers, intensive ticket checking drives were carried out continuously over Mumbai suburban local services, Mail/Express as well as passenger trains and holiday special trains so as to curb the menace of ticketless, irregular passengers. The ticket checking team under the supervision of senior commercial officers of Western Railway organized several ticket checking drives during the period from April 2022 to March 2023, thereby recovering an amount to the tune of Rs. 170.35 crore, which also includes Rs. 43.07 crore from Mumbai Suburban section.
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