Rly tickets in Tamil from Pongal

Chennai
TNN

In about six months time, paper tickets issued from railway counters will have details printed in a local language apart from English and Hindi. This resolution was taken at a meeting of the Passenger Amenties Committee headed by TN BJP member H Raja at New Delhi on Wednesday . Railway Board officials have agreed to the PAC request.

The issue was raised by Aseervatham Achary , member from Tamil Nadu. “I got representations from people that they were unable to understand what's printed on tickets as it was only in Hindi or English. Some of them were duped into paying fines by TTEs,“ Achary told TOI.

Though the board officials were not too keen initially , persuaded by the PAC, they agreed to modify the software used for printing tickets in 6 months, to coincide with Pongal, Achary said. Tickets will be printed in Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati or Odiya based on the zones, he said.