Do you feel only summer rush has made tatkal tickets out of bounds for most?

GN Bureau | June 26, 2012



The takal scheme was introduced to help people get tickets at a short notice. Sadly, this is not happening despite people queuing up at the ticket counters for the entire night. The reason: tickets are sold within minutes of opening the counter, at times in just a minute. Indian railways says 1.1 lakh tatkal tickets are offered every day and the system in the first five minutes receives 4.5 lakh requests for tatkal tickets.

However, people suspect touts have got better of the system. Their suspicion is not entirely unfounded. Recently, a tatkal ticket gang was busted in Bihar and three persons were arrested. Another seven were arrested from Uttar Pradesh for making bulk booking of railway tickets with the help of software developed by a man in Ahmedabad. This hints at a nexus between touts with or without the railway staff.


 

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