Mumbai, 21 Nov (HS): The Western Railway recovered

Rs 121.76 crore via fines imposed on ticketless and irregular ticket

travellers. The recovery, between April and October, were the highest this

year. About 19 lakh people were booked during a special drive by the Railway

authorities. Besides travel ticket luggage without proper booking was also

detected. Last year during the same period the Western Railway had collected Rs

80.56 crore. The fine collected this year is 14 percent more than the set

target.

The Western Railway PRO, through a press note issued

has informed about collection of Rs 24

crore in October 2025. . The highest monthly collection was in May 2022,

when about Rs 26 crore were recovered.

Ahmedabad Division collected more than Rs 4 crore

from about 50,000 travellers in October 2025, recording the highest collection

so far. The Headquarters Flying Squad also collected Rs 2.20 crore in October

2025, the highest so far in a month.

The Western Railway also made several records in

daily collections. On October 17 Rs 1.40 was collected by the Western Railway.

Similarly Ahmedabad collected Rs over 38 lakh on October 18, Ratlam collected

Rs 16 lakh, and Headquarters Flying Squad collected Rs 16.30 lakh on October

19.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar