Cops to launch e-challan system

Sukhmeet Bhasin

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Tribune News Service

Bathinda, December 1

With the help of CCTV cameras to catch violations, the police would soon start sending e-challans to traffic rule violators.

The Police Department has planned installation of optical cameras at all traffic light points in the city.

The e-challan system is the process of sending challans to the violator’s home, after the optical camera captures the picture of the vehicle of the violator.

Presently, the police are conducting surveys of sites where these cameras would be installed and this project would be started within three months.

Bathinda Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Dr Nanak Singh told Bathinda Tribune, “The traffic light points will be equipped with optical cameras and then we will start the e-challan system to control the traffic violations in the city.”

Further, Dr Nanak Singh said a survey for installation of CCTV cameras is going on and more than 100 cameras would be installed in the city.

The SSP added that soon there would not be any intervention from anyone as the vehicle registration number of the violator would be captured by the CCTV camera and they would send the challan at the address on which the vehicle is registered.

“We will ask the owner about the person driving the vehicle at that time and if he doesn’t reveal it, he would be sentenced to three months in jail under the Motor Vehicle Act,” he added.

Once the e-challan is issued, it is mandatory to pay the fine mentioned on it before the due date.

It has to be paid within 15 days. If a person breaks any more rules and has pending e-challans, his driving licence will be confiscated and he will not be able to drive the vehicle anymore.

Usually a challan is issued to the violators, who in turn pay cash to the police officer concerned. However, soon the government observed flaws in this process as the chances of bribing an officer are more with the exchange of cash.