pune an average of 22 people illegally travelled in the local trains between pune and lonavala each day between april to july this yearthe state government only recently permitted fully vaccinated travellers to board local trains which had till then been limited to only those involved in essential servicesa total fine of rs 976 lakh was collected from the offenders during inspections by ticket checkers on the trains permission the fully vaccinated to travel was given just last week and special passes were issued only from august 18 a pune railways official saidright now of 42 local trains connecting pune to various places only four are operational between the city and lonavla till last week only essential service providers were given a special pass imprinted with a qr code by the district administration which was the only way they could travelthere 14 railway stations between pune and lonavala while we have presence in all the stations it is not always possible to keep an eye on the smaller stations and the unauthorized travellers were able to board trains the official pointed outso far 50 passes have been issued to the fully vaccinated at pune station till 1pm on tuesday and 97 at the shivajinagar station these passes will allow the traveller to get a monthly pass the universal travel pass issued by the state is also valid for travel on local trains authorities saidif so many people were able to travel illegally in local trains when stringent restrictions were in place what then is the guarantee now that travel has opened up a little bit that more such people will not get on the trains they pose a danger to travellers and the authorities need to come up with a foolproof system to prevent this from repeating in the future railway pravasi group chairman harsha shah told toi