IRCTC MEI APPKA SWAGAT HEI

To get a confirm ticket of Indian railways is a nightmare for common people.

I had to go Delhi for my personal work and I booked my tickets before 15 days but it was not confirmed.

I was in positive mood (as I am optimistic person) that my ticket will get confirmed but this time IRCTC made me pessimist as 48 hr before my ticket had same position W/L 3

So I decided that I should book ticket in TATKAL. but I can’t do it through web site as I know how IRCTCS web site works. If one wants to book ticket in tatkal that means it’s as hard as to climb Mount Everest.

So I decided to go to railway station. Tatkal window generally opens at 10 a.m. I went to station at 7:15 a.m and was thinking that no one will be there but I was wrong, when I reached there I saw 50+ people were already there in a queue on different window.

I was standing in a queue and observing people. I found that there were so many people who came there in the morning 5 a.m for book tickets!!! Few people were friendly and started conversation with each other, some were sleeping. But everyone has same goal and that to get confirm ticket.

I was so tensed as I had to reach Delhi next day in any condition. It was Sunday morning inspite of taking sleep I was standing in a queue. I never felt tension like this before that moment, not even in my university final exams.

As time pass everyone had only one question in their mind that can we get confirm ticket or not?? I found all kind of people were there from higher class to middle class to lower class.

Finally time arrived and its 10 am tatkal window opened and fortunately I was 4^th in my line. When my turn came that man who was sitting there gave me weird look I gave him my form and still he was confirming all the details in rudely manner. I was like it’s his duty why he was behaving like this?? Government  gave him salary for this but I didn’t speak anything as I wanted to book my ticket asap.

Finally I got confirmed ticket in MUMBAI-DELHI Rajdhani , I paid him and when I saw my confirm ticket with my name I turned around and proudly left my line like I won world cup or I won war against my biggest enemy.

There were so many people who didnt get ticket, felt pity for them but I was happy as I got confirmed ticket;

Mr.Pawan kumar Bansal 70-80% Indians travel by Indian railways, please try to understand emotion of “Aam Aadmi” and do something for Indian railways apart from fare hike.