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Monday 2 February 2015

IRCTC Bookings : The Daily Circus

IRCTC Bookings : The Daily Circus

On 28th March, I reached Mumbai from New Delhi (via Bhubaneshwar, Kolkata and Jaipur). I was supposed to reach Bangalore from Bhubaneshwar around March 15. The reason for my cross-country railway marathon? Trying to, or rather having the vast courage to, book my railway tickets online from IRCTC. If you are an agent making a living from overcharging tourists, stop reading NOW. And if you don't want to read this long, heart-rending post, a few quick bites before you go away:

6,111 agents have been blacklisted by IRCTC

Of them, 4,310 were using multiple user IDs

1,005 have been claiming fraudulent TDRs

2 super-thug agents from Mumbai have been banned by the Railway Ministry

Problems related to IRCTC are discussed daily on Consumer Forum sites, Grahak Seva, Cleartrip Forum, National Consumer Complaint Forum, apart from loads of blogs

A friend Tweeted, 'Rajnikanth is faster than Intel Processors, but IRCTC can hang Rajnikanth'

Read more at - Yahoo News

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