Indian Railways: Special ticket-checking drive

New Delhi, June 08: In order to catch ticketless passengers, Indian railway has decided to launch a special drive from June 8 to June 22, the Railway Board said on Wednesday.

A report on the exercise will have to be submitted by the zones by June 23, a letter issued by the board to all principle commercial managers said.

Under the special ticket-checking drive, the national transporter will penalize people traveling without valid tickets.

The exercise should check transfer of ticket cases and without ticket passengers, besides detecting of fake, forged tickets, misuse of passes and concessions, among others, the letter said.