An intensive ticket checking drive conducted on travellers throughout Vijayawada Railway Division in September under the supervision of Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Ashok Kumar, Additional DRM N.S.R. Prasad and Senior Divisional Commercial Manager N.V. Satyanarayana yielded nearly Rs. 3.73 crore revenue for the Railways.
During the checks, 1,13,685 passengers travelling without tickets and carrying un-booked luggage were detected and an amount of Rs. 3,72,97,607 was collected. Ninety four passengers who failed to pay the dues were prosecuted.