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SPECIAL DRIVE AGAINT TICKETLESS TRAVEL
A special drive against ticketless travel was organised from 05.00 hrs. to 11.00 hrs. o­n 04.09.2013 at Chennai Central, Chennai Egmore, Perambur, Tiruvallur and Tambaram under the leadership of Ms.Sarla Balagopal, Chief Commercial Manager of Southern Railway, who was assisted by a team of five Commercial Officers. Around 300 staff belonging to the Chief Commercial Manager’s Squad, as well as that of Chennai, Tiruchchirappalli and Madurai divisions, were utilised for this check along with 50 RPF personnel.
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The objective of the drive was to create an awareness among the passengers to travel with proper travel authority. This drive which was conducted for a short span of just 6 hours, has resulted in the detection of a total of 1737 cases of ticketless/irregular travel and realisation of railway dues to the tune of Rs.5,83,236/-. Of this, the number of cases of ticketless travel alone was 1297, o­n which an amount of Rs.4,27,922 /- was realised.
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