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Enhancement of period for purchasing unreserved reverse tickets during Mahakumbh Mela

CC no. 5 of 2016
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Circular numberCC no. 5 of 2016
File numberNo.2024/TG-1/10/UTS/Mahakumbh2025
TypeCommercial Circular
Topicgeneral

Summary

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

Text of the circular

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
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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

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