For example, while on October 26, 2019, Tatkal tickets were available for two minutes for the Magadh Express, on February 10, they were available for over 10 hours since the bookings opened on Februon the train. The IRCTCРІР‚в„ўs ticket booking section reflects the impact of the railway action as it shows a jump in the availability of Tatkal tickets across the board. With the arrests, Kumar said most of these illegal softwares, which used to generate business of Rs 50 crore-100 crore annually, have been blocked. We have plugged all the issues that we had with the IRCTC website and also nabbed most of those who were top operators of the software,РІР‚Сњ the RPF DG said at a press briefing. РІР‚СљAs of today, I can say that not one ticket is being booked through illegal softwares.

The railways does not allow agents to book Tatkal tickets and over the past two months, the RPF has nabbed around 60 illegal agents who were booking tickets through these softwares, making it virtually impossible for others to get Tatkal bookings.

The booking process for a general user usually takes around 2.55 minutes, but those using these softwares could do it in just around 1.48 minutes, they explained. Officials explained that illegal softwares such as РІР‚ВANMSРІР‚в„ў, РІР‚ВMACРІР‚в„ў and РІР‚ВJaguarРІР‚в„ў would bypass the IRCTCРІР‚в„ўs login captcha, booking captcha and bank OTP to generate tickets, while a genuine user has to go through all these processes. Railway Protection Force (RPF) Director General Arun Kumar said the cleansing operation means Tatkal tickets would be available for passengers for hours now, compared to a minute or two earlier after the booking opens. More Tatkal tickets will be available for passengers now as the railways has weeded out illegal softwares and arrested 60 agents who would use them to block such tickets, a top official said on Tuesday.

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