26 March,2009 05:22 PM IST | | Urvashi Seth
Western Railway was very strict towards ticketless travellers in the month of February this year. Over a lakh cases of ticketless/irregular travel, including unbooked luggage, were detected. WR recovered an amount of Rs 295 lakh. This is12.82 per cent more than the corresponding month of last year.
Similarly, 125 cases of illegal transfer of reserved tickets were detected and an amount of Rs.1,00,696 was collected.
During the same period, 1,350 beggars and unauthorised hawkers were apprehended, out of which 865 were evicted from Railway premises. Of the 485 persons prosecuted, 463 were fined and an amount of Rs 47,600 collected. Around 20 people were jailed for 120 days.
During February 2009, 154 checks were conducted against touts and other unsocial elements. As a result, 548 persons were apprehended and prosecuted under Indian Railway Act, 1989 out of which 534 persons were fined and an amount of Rs 40,370 was recovered. 14 people were jailed for 14 jail days.
