WR conducts ticket checking drive at Andheri, 2,693 ticketless passengers caught
The Western Railway on Tuesday conducted a massive check at Andheri station involving 199 ticket-checking staff under the `Mera Ticket Mera Imaan` initiative by the Mumbai Central Division.
“It broke all previous records, and resulted in the detection of 2,693 errant travellers and recovery of Rs 7,14,077 as a penalty,” an official said.
On Saturday, 195 ticket-checking staff checked Dadar Station (Western Railway) in the morning and by the end of the day, the drive detected 1,647 cases making a recovery of Rs. 4,21,960*, thus making it one of the Biggest Fortress Check in the history of Indian Railways.
In fact, nowhere else even outside India has such an extensive day-long ticket-checking drive focusing on a single station with such a quantum of recovery ever been conducted.
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