Western Railway (WR) has made it mandatory for those who book Tatkal tickets to produce an ID card with a self-attested photocopy at the passenger reservation system (PRS) centers only in the Mumbai division from Saturday.
A person booking a ticket under the Tatkal scheme for other persons should produce his/her ID card and the ID card of the person for whom the ticket is to be booked, said WRs chief public relations officer Sharat Chandrayan.
The person will also have to submit a self-attested photocopy of the ID card of the person for whom the ticket is to be booked, he added.However,the rule is not applicable at PRS centres in other parts of the country,including booking offices in Mumbai on Central Railway as per a TOI report.
WR has also planned to introduce biometric technology within three months at three PRS centres in the Mumbai division to prevent touts from cornering tickets.In future,a passenger visiting a PRS centre to book areserved ticket will have to give a thumb impression on the biometric scanner.
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