Railways seem to be minting money due to lockdown and related restrictions. Central Railway (CR) on Wednesday topped in the Indian Railways by earning Rs 71 crore in four months, by just fining passengers. Of the Rs 71 crore, Rs 11. 6 crore is from Mumbai. On Westen Railway (WR) Mumbai, a single-day intensive and massive ticket-checking drive at stations and trains yielded revenue of Rs 20.13 lakh in fines.

“In the period April 1 to September 20, 12.47 lakh cases of ticketless/irregular travellers were detected in suburban and non-suburban trains (long-distance trains) and an amount of '71.25 crore was realised as penalty. This is highest in terms of revenue among all zonal railways,” CR’s Chief Public Relations Officer Shivaji Sutar said.