Tatkal booking a joke

Tatkal booking on IRCTC has become a joke.

Seats show available, but the moment it turns 10 AM, the site hangs.

10 AM: Seats visible.
10:01: Website freezes.
10:03: All seats gone—even in remote routes.
10:04: Site suddenly smooth.

By the time it works again, all tickets are gone even for small routes.

Then the website runs smoothly because nothing’s left to book.

This used to happen years ago.
Railways had fixed it during 2015-17 post LocalCircles escalation but now it’s back.

Agents win, common people lose
again.

can LocalCircles and Sachin Taparia bhai's amazing team take it up again ? more  

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Nothing is scam. few Money minded peoples have made it. I got reservation in Tatkal. It requires fast LAPTOP & internet connection & operation. Few OLD peoples are not able to work fast & that's why abusing railway. more  
The only solution is to invite bids for Tatkal and then to allot it by lottery. Anyway no genuine passenger gets any Tatkal. All these are siphoned by brokers at a premium so only workable solution shall be to allot it by way of a lottery. more  
The right approach as mentioned by padmanabhan is since seats are limited agents should not be given permission to book tatkal tickets since only customers who are in an urgency will want to travel in tatkal and already they are already paying higher price and together with that agent will also fleece the customer.It would be good if LC can do a survey on this and send it to the railway minister for implementation which looks very reasonable and should not be an issue to implement unless govt wants to protect the agent and not customers more  
We are spending our time not for time past or complain and criticize, but bring about some beneficial change for the customers, after the Minister and higher ups are slogging to improve the services for the public. This should go to the notice of the higher ups. more  
Believe agents are not allowed to book/login between 8 am and 12 noon on any day. Instantly trying at 10 or 11 hrs it is possible; nevertheless it tests our patience. Even this Saturday the 24th self booked Tatkal for 3A at 10.00 hrs and succeeded. However for quick process, I have master list and transaction through IRCTC Wallet; this saves waiting time of getting OTP from banks. more  
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