Rs 7.12 cr penalty imposed on Faridabad traffic offenders

Bijendra Ahlawat

Tribune News Service

Faridabad, December 4

The district traffic police have imposed a penalty to the tune of Rs 7.12 crore on violators this year.

Over 1.20 lakh challans have been issued in the district between January 1 and November 30 this year, which is more than 26 per cent in comparison to the corresponding period last year.

“With an average of 10,979 challans per month, the figure is higher than the corresponding period last year when 95,000 challans were issued between January and November 2020,” reveal officials of the Police Department, who claim that the traffic movement had risen sharply after the lockdown period.

While as many as 93,224 e-challans have been issued this year, the number of postal challans has been over 27,000. The number of postal challans last year were 50 per cent lower, it is reported.

“The penalty, which was Rs 6.5 crore (till November 30) in 2020, has gone up to Rs 7.12 crore this year,” says Vikas Arora, Commissioner of Police, adding that the increase in the number of challans was a result of the drive launched to curb traffic violations.

He further said as many as 27,546 challans had been issued via the postal method after the violations were detected by 1,076 CCTV cameras, which were installed under the Smart City project, at 111 spots across the city.

1,20,770* total challans issued
93,224 e-challans issued
27,546 postal challans issued