BENGALURU: Those desperately trying to reach Kerala on Shramik trains can make advance booking through NORKA.
An arrangement has been made available to allow people to book tickets via NORK-roots website. For Non-AC chair car from Bengaluru to Thiruvananthapuram, the charge is Rs 1000.
In the first phase, the facility has been provided for people wanting to reach Kerala from Bengaluru as well as Delhi. Tickets can be booked through www.registernorkaroots.org.
The advance booking here has to done after entering all details of the traveler. Booking at this site doesn’t mean that the ticket is confirmed.
According to the availability of seats, the details such as the PNR number, train number, date, time and station details will be sent as message to the persons who have made the advance booking through the website.
Those who get the ticket, will have to procure Kerala entry pass before boarding the train.
One person will get only one ticket. Once the number of bookings on its website becomes 1000, the NORKA will inform this to the Railways and tickets will be allotted according to the availability of the seats.