Indian Railways
Ticket Blacking

I tried to book tickets 90 days in advance for Mumbai-Udaipur train, in morning 8:00 AM I tried to open irctc.co.in but could not open it, at 8:30 still it was not responding, then I checked availability status using indianrail.gov.in site and I found out that only 18 berths were remaining in sleeper and 10 in 3AC. On very first day of reservation within half an hour it was almost over. Till 9:00 am I was not able to open irctc.co.in, so I decided to go to reservation counter and book tickets. As I have my wife and small daughter I needed a lower birth, but could not find it as all remaining births were upper. When I was returning disappointed on the gate of reservation office some touts offered me the tickets of any desired berth in Rs. 200 extra than the ticket rate. This not a single day story, I noticed for few more days availability status and found that it was the everyday business. What railways is doing? touts are selling tickets in black inside their premises. They are buying almost all tickets on very first day of reservation and specially lower births which are in more demand for females/families. There should be more scrutiny in checking tickets and peoples should debar from buying tickets from such peoples.

I think these things are happening especially for the trains which are the sole running train between two cities.

Company: Indian Railways
Country: India

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