Young man found it expensive to eat banana in the train, had to pay a fine of Rs 500; After hearing the reason you will also say 'it's good' - train passenger fined for banana peel prayagraj railway cleanliness drive

Updated: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 11:30 (IST) In Prayagraj, passengers had to pay fine for throwing banana and peanuts in the train. Fines were also imposed for throwing remnants of gutkha and puri. During the cleanliness and ticket checking campaign in Prayagraj division, Railways collected Rs 79,320 from ticketless passengers. This action was taken with the aim of providing a clean environment to the passengers. The photo was used for symbolic representation. Jagran Jagran Correspondent, Prayagraj. Throwing a banana worth Rs 5 and a peanut shell worth Rs 10 into the train carriage was expensive for two passengers. Not only this, three passengers had to pay a fine for throwing away the sachet after eating gutkha and three fines for throwing paper and foil after eating puri. The railway administration collected a fine of Rs 100 each from all these eight passengers. Remove Advertisement Only Read News Prayagraj Division conducts various types of campaigns under the guidance of Senior Division Commercial Manager/Coaching Himanshu Shukla to provide excellent amenities to the passengers. Prayagraj division also conducts regular campaigns for ticket checking in stations and trains to provide good food, pure drinking water, clean toilet facilities to all the passengers and to combat ticketless and irregular travel. In the same order, on Thursday, Chief Commercial Inspector Prayagraj Chhivaki Omprakash along with a team of cha checking staff conducted a campaign against unbooked baggage, irregular tickets, dirtiness and illegal sale in Chhivaki railway station and Manikpur division. In this campaign, Asansol Superfast Express, Mumbai Lokmanya Tilak, Janata Express, Rajgir-Lokmanya Tilak, Howrah Chambal Express, Gwalior-Howrah, Danapur Festival Special were checked. During the campaign, a fine of Rs 79,320 was collected from 102 passengers traveling without tickets. Rs 4300 was recovered from nine passengers who traveled irregularly.