(a) whether incidents of travelling without ticket have been increasing in some routes;
(b) if so, the routes/trains identified where such incidents are on the increase;
(c) the number of ticketless travellers apprehended during 1999-2000, zone-wise;
(d) the amount of penalty recovered during the said period; and
(e) the steps taken to check ticketless travelling?
MINISTER OF RAILWAYS (KUIMARI MAMATA BANERJEE)
(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the Sabha.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF STARRED QUESTION NO.174 BY DR. RAMKRISHNA KUSMARIA & SHRI TEJVEER SINGH CHAUDHARY TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 30.11.2000 REGARDING TICKETLESS TRAVELLERS.
(a) & (b): No, Sir. However, due to vigorous drive undertaken bythe Railways, the number of persons apprehended travelling without ticket has gone up from 93.47 lakhs in 1997-98 to 111.10 lakhs in 1998-99 and 118.60 lakhs in 1999-2000.
(c) & (d): The number of ticketless travellers apprehended during the year 1999-2000 and the amount of penalty recovered from them, zone-wise, is as under:-
Railway
No. of ticketless travellers apprehended (in lakhs) Amount of penaltyrealised (in crores)
Central 19.94 26.12 Eastern 15.74 14.39 Northern 33.82 37.78 N.E. 8.78 10.56 N.F. 1.93 2.74 Southern 4.49 5.97 South Central 8.65 15.82 South Eastern 7.64 8.00 Western 17.61 22.34
Total 118.60 143.72