patna railways has launched a massive ticketchecking drive in the samastipur division of east central railway ecr to check unauthorized travelling on trains according to ecr chief public relations officer cpro rajesh kumar the drive has been launched on the samastipurmuzaffarpurbapudham motihari samastipurdarbhangajayanagar and saharsamansi sections on the directive of samastipur divisional railway manager drm alok agarwal and under the direct supervision of senior divisional commercial manager sarswati chandra altogether 4579 passengers travelling without tickets were caught at different places in the samastipur division he said adding railways has so far realized rs2840 lakh as fine from them in the past two dayskumar said the drive will continue for at least a fortnight divisional commercial manager prasan kumar assistant commercial managers p r p singh and faizan anwar besides commercial inspectors of the division have been engaged in the drive with the help of railway protection force rpf personnel he saidaccording to kumar samastipur division has restored most of the longdistance mail and express special passenger trains originating from different locations of the division in addition special memus and demus have been restored in the division to facilitate local commuters to undertake short distance journey maintaining appropriate covid behaviour either on running trains or on railway premises during the journey he saidan awareness drive has also been launched to caution people against travelling without proper tickets railways has started making announcements through public address system at all major stations to strictly follow the covid protocol as well as travel with proper ticket only the cpro said adding railways has also urged people to use mobile phone app to procure prs and uts ticketsmeanwhile railways has cancelled the howrahkathgodam special passenger 0301903020 on sunday and tuesday from both ends due to waterlogging in the tikiapara railway yard under howrah division of the eastern railway the cpro said