In a major enforcement drive during the festive season, the Jammu Railway Division has fined more than 2,500 passengers for traveling without valid tickets over the past ten days, collecting ₹32 lakh in penalties, a senior railway official confirmed on Saturday.

According to Senior Divisional Commercial Manager (DCM) Uchit Singhal, the division conducted daily ticket-checking drives to ensure passenger convenience and prevent illegal travel during the busy festive period.

On October 24 alone, penalties amounting to more than Rs 7 lakh were collected from 1200 people for travelling without tickets, he said. Data from the last ten days show that under the intensive ticket checking drive during the festive season, more than Rs 32 lakh were collected from 2,500 passengers for travelling without tickets, the official added.