Soon, e-challans for Delhi traffic violators, more fine on repeat offenders
Errant vehicles will now be easily prosecuted for polluting, overloading or violating traffic and road safety norms Current Affairs News : Come August 1, you will be fined with an e-challan ( electronic traffic ticket ) if you violate traffic lights or speed limits on Delhi roads. The Delhi Traffic Police will no longer be the sole enforcement agency utilising technology to make the streets of the national capital safer. To control traffic violations, the Delhi government’s transport department will start issuing e-challans to traffic violators instead of manual challans from next month. An integrated e-challan system is expected to bring in more transparency in the prosecution of vehicles violating the Motor Vehicles Act. As soon as an e-challan is issued, the owner of the vehicle will get an SMS. The e-challan is especially intended to catch repeat offenders, who are liable to pay higher fines, according to a Times of India report. With an e-challan system in operati