Northern Railway has initiated a dedicated reservation forms for tatkal.
Different from the normal white reservation forms, this pink form is larger and
has extra columns and space for information.
The form will soon be obtainable at booking counters. To check the menace of touts buying tatkal
tickets, the form has a column for “warnings”.
In case of purchase of tickets from a tout or unauthorized travel representative on invented names, addresses or contact number, the passenger is legally responsible to pay penalty and/or custody as per the provision of Railway Act 1989, says the warning published in bold on the form.
According to railway officials, if address/phone/mobile of the passenger is found to be false during journey, he or she will be deboarded at the next station.
“A separate reservation form for tatkal is significant because it is a particular service offered by the railways with different set of document requirements,” said an official.
To check menace of touts, the form has a column for “warnings”
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/tatkal-goes-pink/article4011666.ece
The form will soon be obtainable at booking counters. To check the menace of touts buying tatkal
tickets, the form has a column for “warnings”.
In case of purchase of tickets from a tout or unauthorized travel representative on invented names, addresses or contact number, the passenger is legally responsible to pay penalty and/or custody as per the provision of Railway Act 1989, says the warning published in bold on the form.
According to railway officials, if address/phone/mobile of the passenger is found to be false during journey, he or she will be deboarded at the next station.
“A separate reservation form for tatkal is significant because it is a particular service offered by the railways with different set of document requirements,” said an official.
To check menace of touts, the form has a column for “warnings”
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/tatkal-goes-pink/article4011666.ece
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Now these days passenger have no time to book tatkal ticket