No railway refund for non-travelers
*[image: passengers]* *From March 1, passengers not turning up or less number of persons travelling in groups will not be paid refund.* *From March 1, passengers who do not under take journey after booking tickets will not be paid any refund. Refund will also not be paid to those who have booked tickets as a part of a group and decide not to travel for any reason. The new rules come into effect after the railways modified its scheme on grant of refund from public reservation system (PRS) on cancellation of tickets. * *Central Railway senior divisional commercial manager (SrDCM) Dr Sumant Deulkar confirmed that Railway Board vide a circular issued on February 21 to all general managers has intimated to implement the decision from March 1. * *In partial modification under 'Computerized Coaching Refund Scheme', the Railway Board has decided that refund across the counters will not be granted in case of passengers who do not turn up and less number of people travelling in groups. However, refund under this system will be granted for reserved and RAC tickets in cases of lower class travel, failure of AC in coach, discontinuation of journey by passengers due to dislocation of train services, accommodation not provided and cancellation of trains. For wait listed tickets, refund will not be granted under this system but will continue to be granted as per existing rules. CRIS has been asked to make necessary software modifications. Necessary instructions have been issued to all staff immediately, says a circular issued by Rohit Kumar, deputy director traffic commercial, Railway Board. Earlier, if the ticket was presented for cancellation up to two hours after the actual departure of the train irrespective of distance, the cancellation charges were 50% of the fare subject to a minimum of the cancellation charge referred.* Now, a website for hassle-free Tatkal booking Courtesy: Mr. S V Saibaba *Now just log on to IRCTC Lite for hassle-free and faster booking of your Tatkal ticket.* *This additional facility, which opens 30 minutes before commencement of Tatkal booking at 10 a.m., is short of links and pop-ups to ensure better speed.* *The Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation says it has removed all links, images, advertisements, services and features, banners, alerts and updates and floating tabs from the home page.* *Facilities such as enquiries on refund status and cancelled history have been kept out of this section to reduce unnecessary hits, which hamper transaction speed.* *Travel agents cannot access the link during the two-hour duration given to the public; a separate link is provided to them for ticket cancellation.* *The new software has resulted in increased bookings during the two-hour period. The average purchase has shot up from 83,000 to 92,000 tickets.* *The speedy and easy access helped in record sales of 1.05 lakh Tatkal tickets on February 9.* *Link for IRTC Lite:**http://irctcinfo.com/advance-reservation-period-for-tatkal/ <http://irctcinfo.com/advance-reservation-period-for-tatkal/>* <http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/worldmalayaliclub/> *வாழிய செந்தமிழ்! வாழ்க நற்றமிழர்!* *வாழிய பாரதமணித் திருநாடு!* * Vanakkam Subbu* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
