The East Central Railway conducted a special ticket checking drive across its five divisions - Danapur, Sonpur, Samastipur, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay, and Dhanbad - resulting in the apprehension of over 10,000 ticketless passengers. The drive targeted express, superfast, passenger, and MEMU trains, with a focus on AC coaches of specific trains...
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including the Bihar Sampark Kranti Express (12565), Vaishali Express (12553), Ranchi Janshatabdi Express (12365), Rajya Rani Express (12567), Hatia-Purnea Court Hatia Express (18626/18625), Purushottam Express (12801), Dhanbad-Alleppey Express (13351), Ajmer-Sealdah Express (12988), and Purva Express (12382). The drive resulted in the collection of over 80.55 lakh rupees in fines. Some apprehended passengers, when asked for their tickets, remarked that they never buy tickets and only pay the penalty when caught, leaving the inspection team surprised.

On Tuesday, a ticket checking drive was conducted across the East Central Railway jurisdiction. The drive was simultaneous in Danapur, Sonpur, Samastipur, Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, and Dhanbad divisions. Railway officers, supervisors, railway employees, TTEs, and Railway Protection Force personnel were deployed at Hajipur, Muzaffarpur, Barauni, Khagaria, Samastipur, Darbhanga, Madhubani, Sitamarhi,...
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Raxaul, Bettiah, and other stations. Apart from all major mail and express trains, 12565 Bihar Sampark Kranti Express and 12553 Vaishali Express AC coaches were specifically checked. Ticket checking was also conducted in all passenger trains and MEMU trains. During this campaign, a total of 10,980 ticketless passengers were caught, from whom ₹80,55,000 were collected as fines. The East Central Railway's Chief Public Relations Officer, Saraswati Chandra, issued a press release informing about this.

On Wednesday, the first shipment of litchi was sent from Muzaffarpur to Mumbai, following the first shipment to Delhi. Mo. Reyaz, a farmer from Damodarpur, sent 17 boxes of Shahi litchi via the SLR bogie of the Jaynagar-Lokmanya Tilak Terminal (LTT) 11062 Pawan Express. The shipment will arrive in...
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Kurla Mandi, Mumbai, on the morning of May 17th. The railway will provide a parcel van on the 20th for sending litchi to Mumbai. Also on Wednesday, another shipment of litchi was sent from Darbhanga to Delhi via the 12565 Bihar Sampark Kranti Superfast. Amarish Kumar, the railway's leaseholder, reported that 111 boxes of litchi were sent. The harvesting of litchi in the Bari Eidgah Bagh on the city's Goshala Road has also begun. Litchi from the Bari Eidgah Bagh was purchased by Mo. Nizam, a resident of Bada Sumera, Kudhani, and sent to Delhi. The price of litchi in Delhi's Azad Mandi is currently 125 rupees per kilogram. Litchi is also being sent from Muzaffarpur to various other destinations using the following trains: Mumbai: 19038 Avadh Express, 15267 Raxaul-LTT Express, 15547 Raxaul-LTT Antyodaya Express; Delhi: 12557 Saptakranti Superfast Express and 12565 Bihar Sampark Kranti Superfast (leased); Haryana-Punjab: 14673 Shaheed Express and 14649 Saryu Yamuna Express; Howrah: 13020 Mithila Express; Ranchi and Sambalpur (Odisha): 15028 Maury Express; Uttar Pradesh: 11124 Barauni-Gwalior Express and 15203 Barauni Lucknow Express; Gujarat: 19484 Barauni Ahmedabad Express and 19270 Muzaffarpur-Porbandar Express (leased).

On Tuesday, the third day of the month, a shipment of litchis was sent from Muzaffarpur Junction to New Delhi. The shipment, consisting of 54 boxes of litchis, was sent via train number 12565. This brings the total number of litchi boxes sent from Muzaffarpur farmers to 127, weighing approximately 28...
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quintals. The leaseholder, Amaresh Kumar, stated that the farmers are sending Shahi litchi, which is fully ripened, ensuring cash flow for the farmers.

Due to automatic signaling work between Gorakhpur, Jagatbela, Sahjanwa, and Maghra stations, 30 trains have been cancelled, 22 trains have been rerouted, and 8 trains have had their stops at these stations suspended. This information was provided by CPRO Pankaj Kumar Singh. The cancellation list includes specific train numbers and dates...
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for trains running between various stations, including Raxul, Anand Vihar Terminal, Gorakhpur, Gonda, Bhatni, Ayodhya Dham, Nauatanwa, Varanasi City, Bahraich, Chhapra Kachhari, Gomti Nagar, Patliputra, and Mathura Junction. The rerouting list details the changed routes for specific trains running between Barouni, New Delhi, Darbhanga, Saharsa, Gorakhpur, and New Jalpaiguri, including specific stations and dates.