Massive Drive Against Unauthorised Travel in Ladies, Physically Challenged and First Class Coaches of MMTS Trains

Railway Protection Force Personnel of Secunderabad Division  carried out a massive drive against unauthorized persons travelling in the compartments reserved for ladies, physically challenged and First class in MMTS trains running o­n Secunderabad-Lingampalli, Secunderabad-Hyderabad and  Hyderabad-Lingampalli sections. The included footboard travelers, beggars, unauthorized hawkers 

 Drives are also conducted at Hyderabad, Secunderabad and other MMTSstations against littering and wrong parking. In all, 134 persons were apprehended and produced in Railway Court at Secunderabad. Hon’ble Railway Court imposed a fine of Rs.30,000/- o­n these violators.

The details of the cases registered section wise are as under.
 

Sl. No.	Under section	No. of persons arrested	Fine amount realized.
1	144(i)-Prohibition of hawking	13	Rs.  3500/-
2	144(ii) - Begging	06	Rs.  1800/-
3	147-Tress passing  and refusal to desist from trespass	14	Rs.  2800/-
4	155- Unauthorisedly entering into a compartment reserved or resisting entry into compartment not reserved.	71	Rs.15300/-
5	156-Travelling o­n roof, footboard or engine of a train	08	Rs. 2400/-
6	159-Disobedience of drivers or conductors of road vehicles to directions of railway servants etc.,	22	Rs. 4400/-
	Total	134	Rs.30,000/-

22 Persons were also penalised for the offence of littering in Railway premises / inside the trains  and  an amount of  Rs.6550/- was collected from these offenders.