Indian Railways — Exorbitant parking fee at bangalore city and yeshwantpur railway station

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Karnataka

Hi

I am here to voice out a 4 seperate incidents at the parking premises of bangalore city and yeshwantpur railway stations.

Scene I: Bangalore Railway Station:

I had hired a tempo traveller (tt) to drop a few of my relatives to the bangalore railway station on 8th july. We had to make 2 trips to the railway station because of the number of relatives. We were charged rs. 100 per drop as parking fee. A total of rs. 200 was collected from us by the parking authorities. The parking fee mentioned on the ticket given to us was rs. 50. When we protested the personnel dressed in plain clothes yelled back at us. We DID not pursue the matter as we were in a hurry.

We returned to bangalore city on 11th morning at 5 am. The same tt had come back to pick us up. This time a traffic cop who was on duty collected the extra amount. His explanation was that this is because the railway department has set these rules.

Scene II: Yeshwantpur Railway station
another set of relatives arrived at the yeshwantpur railway station on 12th morning. I waited at the portico with about 10 people who had come. The same tempo traveller came to pick us up. This time a woman dressed in what appeared to be uniform coat, gave us a ticket of rs. 50 and demanded rs. 100. When asked to give us a rs. 100 ticket she called another person (I think he was her supervisor). He made rude and harsh demands and asked us pay up. His explanation was that tts are not allowed on the porticos and a fine of 750 had to be payed by me. I had to let the tt move and stayed back to find out more about this. In this time, a traffic police joined the supervisor and told me that this is an "adjustment" as they are trying to help me from not paying the fine. When I asked for the ticket for the fine and the rules not being displayed on the premises, they had a heated argument with me. I was outnumbered and was bullied into paying the extra 50 rs.
Same loot repeated that night as the same tt went to drop off the passengers at yeshwantpur railway station.

While I was waiting I noticed that all people who came to drop their kins were being harrassed and victimised by these people. I demand that strict action be taken against them and help a lot of citizens in the process.