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Railways will begin its revised measures from Tuesday to check misuse of Tatkal ticket bookings,with the special counters opening at 10 am,two hours after the counters open for general bookings.
The revised scheme comes in the backdrop of an increased number of complaints from train passengers about the misuse of the scheme and involvement of touts in cornering bulk of tickets to sell them at a premium.
No authorised agents,including agents of IRCTC and others,will be allowed to book Tatkal tickets from 10 am to noon from counters as well as from Internet.
While some zones will be operating separate counters for Tatkal tickets,others will be issuing tickets from the same counters but will provide only Tatkal tickets for these two hours.
Measures such as installation of CCTVs in major booking centres,barring booking clerks to carry mobile phones inside counters,display of helpline numbers for complaints,raids by the vigilance squads to prevent misuse of Tatkal facility have been taken,he said.
