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| Circular number | CC no. 5 of 2016 |
|---|---|
| File number | No.2024/TG-1/10/UTS/Mahakumbh2025 |
| Type | Commercial Circular |
| Topic | general |
Enhancement of period for purchasing unreserved reverse tickets during Mahakumbh Mela bbe made in the advance booking period of unreserved tickets subject to levy of Mela
No.2024/TG-1/10/UTS/Mahakumbh2025 1/3104841/ 2024 आस्त सस्कार GOVERNMENT OF INDLA. ‘Yeraiqqeret MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS werd बोर्ड RAILWAY BOARD No.2024/TG-1/10/UTS/Mahakumbh 2025 ‘New Delhi, Dated: 09.09.2024 ‘The Principal Chief Comm All Zonal Railways. Sub: Enhancement of period for purchasing unreserved reverse tickets during Mahakumbh Mela. Maha Kumbh Mela is going to be held at Prayagraj in 2025. A lange number of passengers are expected to be dealt by Mela stations of Northem, North Central and North Eastem Railways during the event. 2. In view of the enormous rush of people visiting Prayagraj during the period of Mahakumbh Mela, in addition to provision of additional unreserved booking counters, it is necessary to offload the booking counters and facilitate passengers in booking of tickets in advance. 3. Against this backdrop, the matter has been examined, It has been decided, as a special case, that during this Mela period only, to help passengers following modifications will bbe made in the advance booking period of unreserved tickets subject to levy of Mela surcharge as per extant instructions:~ 1. 8 passenger purchases an unreserved return ticket through UTS from any station on Indian Railways for journey to any one of the 12 stations in Prayagraj region serving the Mahakumbh Mela viz, Prayagraj Junction, Prayagraj Rambagh City, Naini, Subderganj, Rambag, Prayag, Prayag Ghat, Daraganj, Phaphumau, Jhusi, Vindhyachal, Chheoki and back, the return ticket shall be allowed to be booked up to 15 days in advance excluding the date of journcy, e-g., if a passenger at Nagpur wishes to purchase ticket to any station in Prayagraj Mela area and back, he can purchase the same 15 days in advance, No refund shall, however, be allowed on such return tickets. ii, The date of journey shall be indicated on the ticket, iii, This facility shall be available for tickets purchased on of after 9" January 2025 up to 28 February 2025. iv. Above facility shall, however, be subject to the conditions stipulated in CC no. 5 of 2016 regarding non-issuing of retum journey tickets for a distance up to 199 km. 3.1 Zonal Railways should also define the probable routes in UTS from where traffic is expected to move towards stations in Mahakumbh Mela area, 3.2 A monitoring/supervisory mechanism may be put in place at Division level to monitor the efficacy and implementation of these modifications. No.2024/TG-I/10/UTS/Mahakumbhzoz5 1/3104841/ 2024 3.2. CRIS shall make necessary modifications, under intimation to all Zonal Railways as well as Board's office. 3.3 Wide publicity through all possible means viz. Print/Electronic Media, Railway Website, Public Announcement System, ete. should be given for dissemination of information about this facility to avoid congestion at the stations serving Mela area and also to avoid inconvenience to the general public. ‘Signed by Sanjay Manocha Date: 09-09-2024 14:47:16 (Sanjay Manocha) DPM. Railway Board Phone No. 011-23047367 E-Mail 10- manocha.421sanjay@gov.in Room No. 415-A, 4th Floor No,2024/1G-1/10/UTS/Mahakumbh 2025 New Delhi, Date Is 09.09.2024 Copy to: PEA, All Zonal Railways. Director General of Audit, All Zonal Railways. Signed by Naresh Chand Jain | | © 4
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