Overview
- Western Railway detected nearly 30 lakh cases between April 2025 and February 2026, recovering over ₹191 crore, a rise of more than 42% year on year.
- In February 2026, Western Railway recorded nearly 3 lakh cases and recovered about ₹18.50 crore, including 87,000 cases in Mumbai suburban services that yielded ₹4.28 crore.
- Central Railway’s Mumbai Division booked 16.16 lakh cases and collected ₹71.31 crore during the period, with 1.65 lakh cases and ₹8.58 crore recovered in February alone.
- Targeted checks on AC locals drove sharp increases: Central detected 1.10 lakh cases and recovered ₹3.51 crore, while Western booked over 1.16 lakh cases for ₹3.76 crore.
- West Central Railway’s Bhopal division reported 5,69,623 detections and ₹36.30 crore in penalties through February, including 49,674 cases and ₹3.10 crore in that month, with authorities pledging to continue the drives.