The Mysuru division of South Western Railway carried out a drive in opposition to varied violations of legal guidelines, together with ticketless journey.
The drive was carried out on October 15 by the Industrial Division and there was intensive ticket checking throughout varied sections of the division to curb ticketless journey and different irregularities.
In all, 727 instances entailing varied violations have been detected in the course of the drive, which yielded ₹6.29 lakh by the use of penalty.
The authorities mentioned increased penalty instances like touring in the next class with a lower-class ticket accounted for 543 instances yielding ₹5.6 lakh as positive. There have been 33 instances pertaining to touring with out legitimate tickets and it yielded ₹37,640 by the use of penalty, whereas different instances pertaining to smoking or merchandising violations amongst others.
The authorities mentioned that strict vigil will likely be maintained throughout the division to make sure that passengers journey with correct tickets and observe railway guidelines, and added that it was not a one-off drive.
Such drives not solely assist in enhancing income, but additionally in selling disciplined and lawful journey conduct amongst passengers, mentioned the authorities.
Revealed – October 17, 2025 08:29 pm IST