Pune: Pune Railway Division’s ticket inspectors recovered the highest penalty amount of Rs 19.65 lakh in a single day on October 24 (during Diwali), whereas last year on November 5, the ticket checking squad collected a penalty of Rs 17.70 lakh.
During the ticket-checking drive, five ticket inspectors - RD Kamble, NN Telang, BK Bhosle, SV Lavande and Amol Satpute - took action and generated a revenue of more than Rs 1 lakh per inspector. These ticket inspectors were felicitated by Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Milind Deuskar.
All officials including Additional Divisional Railway Manager (ADRM) Prafulla Chandra and Saharsh Bajpai expressed their happiness on the occasion.
Apart from this, the division’s travelling ticket examiner squads have taken action against 99,000 ticketless travellers in last seven months. The number of ticketless travellers caught is 14.67 per cent higher than the number of people caught during the same duration in 2018.
According to Pune Railway Division Spokesperson Manoj Jhawar, the Railway earned Rs 5.73 lakh as cash penalties collected from the ticketless travellers.
Last year, the Pune Railway Division caught 87,000 ticketless travellers between April and October 2018 and earned Rs 4.77 crore in penalties from them.
“We urge our patrons to travel only after buying a valid ticket and follow all rules, failing which, t
hey will have to pay cash penalties and in some cases, can even be sent behind bars,” said Milind Deouskar.
