Wednesday , December 25 2024

Intensive campaign against illegal vendors in Prayagraj division

Prayagraj, 12 May (HS). On Sunday, during the investigation campaign under the direction of Divisional Railway Manager of Prayagraj Division, Himanshu Badoni and Senior Divisional Commercial Manager, Coaching Himanshu Shukla, 261 passengers were caught for unauthorized travel, irregular travel and spreading filth in the station premises and Rs 1,60,300 were recovered in fine. Were done.

Giving this information, Public Relations Officer Amit Kumar Singh said that during this period, the pantry car of train 22912, Howrah-Indore Shipra Express, Prayagraj Chhivki and Manikpur stalls were seized for selling items of other brands despite having items of valid brands. Went. Under the leadership of Assistant Divisional Commercial Manager Dinesh Kumar, a campaign was conducted against unauthorized passengers, sale of unapproved goods at stations and illegal vendors to relieve passengers from overcrowding from Prayagraj Chhivki to Manikpur. In this campaign, intensive checking of 4 vehicles was done.

Amit Singh said that identity cards and medical certificates were carefully checked at the food stalls. Due to the employees working at the stall located on platform-1 of Manikpur station not showing their authorization cards and behaving uncomfortably, taking immediate action, as per the instructions of the competent authority, the operation of the stall was temporarily stopped till further orders. In this campaign, all the goods sold unauthorized were confiscated and handed over to Chief Parcel Supervisor Chhivki for further action.

PRO said that last Saturday also a surprise inspection and investigation campaign of Prayagraj Junction station was conducted. In which illegal vendors, crowd management, ticket checking, catering, overcharging at stalls, quality of food, expiry date of available goods were closely investigated. During the inspection, 124 passengers were caught for traveling without ticket, irregular travel, unbooked luggage and littering and Rs 77,760 was recovered. During inspection of Sopan restaurant run by IRCTC, excessive filth was found and an illegal vendor was caught. Krishna Catering Stall operating on Platform 9-10 was also fined for littering and overcharging passengers. In this inspection campaign, a spotting fee of Rs 1500 was also collected for the items and dirt spread outside the stalls. During this time, two illegal vendors were caught and handed over to the Railway Protection Force.