‘Introduce nominal reservation charges for day travel’
The Hyderabad Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HKCCI) has demanded that the Central Railways introduce a system to collect nominal reservation charges for people travelling to Solapur from Kalaburagi in reservation coaches during day-time. In a letter to the Divisional Railway Manager at Solapur, HKCCI secretary Amarnath Patil said hundreds of passengers travel in day trains from Kalaburagi Railway Station to Solapur to attend works including visiting hospitals there. He said these passengers travelling in reservation compartments were being harassed by the Railways staff and huge fines ranging from Rs. 350 to Rs. 450 were being collected from them
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more... the passengers were travelling during the day without disturbing passengers with reservation, they should be allowed to travel, at least by standing in the reservation coaches, by adding nominal reservation charges to the ordinary ticket fare, he added.
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