Come February 11,passengers travelling on tatkal tickets have to carry an original identity proof.The Railways,which issued this directive on Monday,stated that passengers travelling without original ID proof would be considered ticketless and would have to pay fine.
Any one of the passengers travelling in a group has to produce the ID proof failing which all passengers travelling on the said ticket will be treated as travelling without tickets and will be charged excess fare and penalty as per rules,a railway statement said.A voter photo-identity card,passport,PAN card,driving licence,photo ID card,which has been issued by central or state governmentetc will be considered as valid ID proof.The directive comes in the light of massive complaints of bulk booking.
Source : Times of india
