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Madurai, Nov. 3 The Sattur Chamber of Commerce and Industries has made a plea for reservation of only 50 per cent of tickets through online in trains and book the remaining through the counters in railway stations.

In a letter to the Railway Minister, Ms Mamata Banerjee, the Chamber Secretary, Mr P.T.K.A. Balasubramanian, said in all express trains reservation tickets are sold two months in advance. All seats are sold on the first day within 30 minutes through online booking. As a result, the poor and the middle class people do not get tickets, he said. Online booking should be restricted to 50 per cent of tickets with reference to Tatkal scheme too, he has pleaded.

The letter includes a plea for the introduction of two-tier sitting and sleeper coaches to enable more people to get accommodation and introduction season ticket upto 1,000 km for the benefit of long-distance travellers.

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