Now, e-challaning via point-of-sale machine

Rachna Khaira

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, July 21

The Jalandhar police have become the first traffic police unit in the country to start e-challaning through point-of -sale (POS) machines integrated with national network.

While launching the machines at KMV Sanskriti School at Jalandhar, ADGP Rohit Chaudhary said that the machine integrated with the national database of ‘Vahan’ and ‘Saarthi’ applications would not only control traffic violations but also help curb crime in the area.

“Though the police of many states have introduced e-challans, but Jalandhar has become the first district in India to introduce POS machines that have been integrated with the national database of licensing and vehicle registration,” said the ADGP.

Jalandhar Police Commissioner Praveen Sinha said the move would ease the workload of the traffic cops deployed at various check points. They would just have to fill the vehicle registration number or the licence details of the driver and all details of the vehicle and driver would become available to the challaning authority.

“Suppose a person has violated a traffic rule in one state and repeated the crime in another area, the machine will have the details and will issue challan receipts accordingly,” said Sinha.

He said that if a person is found committing three violations of the same kind, his licence will be cancelled with immediate effect.

Earlier, Satinder Kumar, Senior Technical Director and Informatics Officer gave a presentation of the software to be used in the POS machine. The software has been designed and developed by NIC in collaboration with the Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways.