Banning sale of train tickets in black market

Train journey is popular because it is safe, comfortable and affordable. But for rampant black marketing of tickets, many travellers nowadays are avoiding trains. Passengers do not find tickets at the ticket counters, but they can be bought from shops near the stations. The problem is that they have to pay some extra bucks for this. Some tickets are always available in the black market though the whole system of ticketing has gone digital now.
Bangladesh Railway has introduced online ticketing system and passengers can purchase their desired tickets using BR's e-ticketing service. However, the tickets which can be bought from this site are often sold out, even several days before a journey. Recently, allegations were made by passengers that some corrupt railway officials are involved in supplying tickets to black marketers. Passengers have also complained that if someone pays extra money to the person at the counter, they can get a ticket easily. A group of black marketers move freely in Kamalapur Railway Station and openly sell tickets charging high price.
In this situation, we urge the railway authorities to identify those who are involved in this bad practice of black marketing and take stern action against them. Otherwise, people will reject this popular service forever.

Ashikujaman Syed,
Research Assistant,
Bioinformatics Research Lab,
Center for Research Innovation and Development (CRID),
syedashikujaman@gmail.com