Amid signs of Covid-19 cases coming down in the city, a grim trend of a rising number of ticketless train travellers in the past 10 days has emerged. While the access to local trains is now limited to essential workers, entry of others may defeat the purpose of imposing the curbs, fear officials.

With livelihoods badly affected due to the lockdown, several office-goers are using the theory of probability to take the risk. They say the fine for travelling without a ticket is Rs 250, which is much less than commuting on other modes of travel. Also, the chances are getting caught every day is not very high, said a few.