IRCTC down: During peak tatkal time, irate users vent about ticket issues, causing chaos on X.

IRCTC down: Many people took to the internet to express their frustration with the organization after the portal crashed.

IRCTC down: Due to maintenance, there was a major outage on the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation's (IRCTC) e-ticketing platform. People were unable to book or manage tickets because of the disruption, which infuriated many. On social media, several people vented their annoyance about the platform's outage during the busiest tatkal period.

What was said on social media?

"How can the IRCTC website go down during tatkal timings???" someone wrote angrily. When we can't even construct a f**king website, why are we even attempting to build a bullet train? The Indian Railways ticket booking app is unable to manage Tatkal booking without collapsing, another person noted, despite India's lunar landing. The year is 2024. and maintaining a reliable server shouldn't be difficult!

"India is the world's largest IT hub, but it can't fix a website," said a third. Taxes might be collected without offering adequate services in exchange. How unfortunate! "IRCTC portal is down and showing downtime message during peak tatkal booking hours," remarked a fourth commenter.

"Try again later, please."

A number of people posted screenshots of the message they saw when attempting to access IRCTC on social media. "The e-ticketing service will not be accessible due to maintenance activities. It said, "Please try later." Additionally, during the outage, the portal offered a few phone numbers that users could call to cancel their tickets.

For resolution, the notification advised customers to "call customer care no. 14646,08044647999 & 08035734999 or mail at etickets@irctc.co.in."

What was displayed by Downdetector?

As of 11:48 am, there were almost 2,000 reports of the website being unavailable, according to Downdetector, a platform that monitors and offers real-time status updates on outages and service interruptions for websites, applications, and online services.

India's cities of New Delhi, Kolkata, Surat, Mumbai, Lucknow, Jaipur, Chennai, and Bengaluru were all affected by the outage.