e-challans to be issued after 10-day awareness drive

Even as DGP Gaurav Yadav on Monday launched e-challan system for traffic violations, including red light jumping and wrong side driving, it has been decided that the process of issuing and delivering of e-challans will be started in due course which could be a week's time to 10 days.

ADCP (Operations and Security) Vineet Ahlawat said, "We have started the process of detecting violations but so far we are not issuing and delivering the challans. At 13 intersections that we are covering via the Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC), we detected as many as 3,768 violations in the eight-hour span between 9 am to 5 pm today". The challan amount for red light jumping as per the Motor Vehicles Act is Rs 1,000 for the first offence and Rs 2,000 for repeat violations.

The ADCP said, "Our teams of 10 cops are working in shifts. We shall deploy more or less staff as per the requirements in the days to come. We shall create massive awareness on e-challaning for the whole of this week, sensitising people that they were under watch even if a cop would not be signalling and stopping them for a violation."

Ahlawat said, "So far, we shall not be issuing e-challans for not wearing helmet. But we are telling people that it is a protective gear meant for the safety of their own lives. We want them to wear helmets voluntarily without the fear of law."