MADURAI: The Southern Railway Mazdoor Union (SRMU) held a demonstration against the concept of `e-ticketing' and `I-ticketing' here on Monday.
Led by the SRMU divisional secretary, R. Kesavan, the agitators, including enquiry-cum-reservation clerks, raised slogans against the move by senior railway officials to introduce temporary counters at the reservation complex to popularise `e-ticketing.'
In his address, Mr. Kesavan said that `e-ticketing' would enable affluent passengers to book tickets with the help of credit/debit cards through Internet. The facility would be available between 4 a.m. and 11 p.m. whereas the counters functioned between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. "When the counters open at 8 a.m., all tickets will be blocked. The common passenger will be affected."
The assistant divisional secretary, J.M. Rafiq, also spoke.
herethe forces against the march of technology are many but this is one of the worst examples i have seen!
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Interesting, since for the first time in my life, I've actually offered to book train tickets for other people.
The SRMU means to disincentive my altruism. Shame on them!!!
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