The Ministry of Railways recently passed the diktat that passengers must carry proof of their identity while travelling in long distance trains, even if they are journeying in the sleeper class.

Negative response
Predictably, the decision hasn’t gone down well with passengers, and there is another group of individuals who are up in arms against it – the decision has been met with stiff resistance from ticket-checking staff.u00a0Ticket checkers (TC) have been complaining about the sudden change in rules and are of the opinion that this will only burden them further.u00a0