Hurry Up, Karnataka! Clear Your Pending E-challans As 50% Discount on Traffic Fines Announced
1 year, 10 months ago

Hurry Up, Karnataka! Clear Your Pending E-challans As 50% Discount on Traffic Fines Announced

News 18  

With an aim to clear backlogged e-challan cases, the Karnataka government has announced a 50 per cent discount on the payment of pending traffic fines until February 11. Soon after the announcement, the Bengaluru Traffic Police started getting the pending amount of fine through the digital payment platform Paytm. Bengaluru Traffic Speaking exclusively to News18 recently, Saleem, had said that technology has its advantages and India’s tech hub Bengaluru saw its effective use when the city traffic police introduced artificial intelligence to ease congestion on roads. The use of AI helped the traffic police register 1,04,00,000 violations in just one year, which is the highest recorded in any city of the world, and earn Rs 180 crore in fine collection.

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Bengaluru Traffic Police alert about fraudsters claiming to be cops and extorting money. Details
1 month ago

Bengaluru Traffic Police alert about fraudsters claiming to be cops and extorting money. Details

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru Traffic Police advised commuters to be cautious about fraudsters claiming to be cops and demanding money in the name of traffic fines. In an announcement earlier, Bengaluru Traffic Police said, “The Traffic Police Department has been receiving numerous complaints regarding fake calls and messages claiming to be from our department. These calls and messages attempt to deceive citizens and …

Puja to face action for 21 traffic violations
5 months, 1 week ago

Puja to face action for 21 traffic violations

Hindustan Times  

Pune: The traffic police on Thursday visited the probationary Indian Administrative Service officer Puja Khedkar’s residence of bungalow number 112 on Baner Road and issued a notice regarding misuse of beacon and government insignia on her private vehicle. According to traffic police, there are 21 challans for various traffic offences amounting to a fine of ₹ 26,000 to be recovered …

Unpaid fines piling up as traffic violators in Lucknow evade challans
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Unpaid fines piling up as traffic violators in Lucknow evade challans

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW The City of Nawabs, rich in history, has created another history of sorts - traffic violators haven’t paid up ₹127.40 crore in fines for 5,54,065 challans over the last one year. The data showed that the highest one-month fine amount stood at ₹ 15.7 crore from 81,246 challans in December 2023. A detailed study of the said data revealed …

Bengaluru man pays traffic fine of ₹49,100, cops post a pic with him
10 months ago

Bengaluru man pays traffic fine of ₹49,100, cops post a pic with him

Hindustan Times  

In a crackdown of traffic fine defaulters, Bengaluru police caught a man with pending fines of ₹49,100. Bengaluru man pays pending traffic fine of ₹ 49,100, cops post a pic with him In an announcement, the Deputy Commissioner of Police for traffic said, “For Traffic Violations, Today we collected 49,100/- rs fine full amount from the owner of the KA50-S-3579 …

Bengaluru police crack down on vehicles with pending fines, warn violators of clearing dues
10 months ago

Bengaluru police crack down on vehicles with pending fines, warn violators of clearing dues

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru traffic police conducted a special drive to identify vehicles violating traffic rules and refraining from paying fines. Bengaluru police crack down on vehicles with pending fines, warns violators A total of 10,210 violations were recorded, attracting fines worth ₹ ₹1.07 crore. In an X post, Bengaluru police wrote, “Crackdown Alert: Traffic South Division's recent operation led to the seizure …

Motorist with ₹3.2 lakh fine issued warning
10 months, 1 week ago

Motorist with ₹3.2 lakh fine issued warning

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru: At least 2,681 vehicles in Bengaluru have over ₹ 50,000 pending fines for traffic violations The traffic police on Monday tracked down a Sudhama Nagar resident after discovering a staggering fine of ₹3.2 lakh on his two-wheeler. When the vehicle owner claimed his inability to pay the exorbitant ₹3.2 lakh fine, citing the vehicle’s market value at ₹30,000, the …

Bengaluru traffic offenders with over ₹50k fines to get summons
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Bengaluru traffic offenders with over ₹50k fines to get summons

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru: At least 2,681 vehicles in Bengaluru have over ₹ 50,000 pending fines for traffic violations. he Bengaluru traffic police have intensified their efforts to collect pending fines from serial traffic violators, targeting vehicle owners with outstanding fines exceeding ₹50,000. In a statement to the media, joint commissioner of police, MN Anucheth, said, 2,681 vehicles in the city have accumulated …

Karnataka traffic police go 100% paperless with e-challan fine system
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Karnataka traffic police go 100% paperless with e-challan fine system

The Hindu  

Getting a physical challan for a traffic fine is a thing of the past in Karnataka as the State Traffic Police Department on Wednesday launched the e-challan traffic fine system. It streamlines processes, enhances efficiency, and promotes transparency in traffic enforcement,” Additional Director General of Police and Commissioner of Traffic and Road Safety, Alok Kumar said. The initiative is a …

Last day for traffic challan payment on discount extended to Jan 31
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Last day for traffic challan payment on discount extended to Jan 31

The Hindu  

The State police on Wednesday extended the last date for clearing pending traffic challans on discounted rates till January 31. A promise it made in the election manifesto, the government had announced the one-time discount on challans vide an order, applicable from December 27 till January 10. In Cyberabad police limits, about 21.26 lakh pending challans were paid, and Rachakonda …

4.47 lakh traffic challans among 24.36 lakh cases settled in Lok Adalats in Karnataka
1 year, 3 months ago

4.47 lakh traffic challans among 24.36 lakh cases settled in Lok Adalats in Karnataka

The Hindu  

Around 4.47 lakh traffic rule violations were among the 24.36 lakh cases to be amicably settled in the national-level Lok Adalats organised by the Karnataka State Legal Services Authority across the State on September 9. Speaking to mediapersons in Bengaluru on September 12, Justice K. Somashekar, a judge of the High Court and Chairman of High Court Legal Services Committee, …

830 Challans, Rs 5.3 Lakh in Fines Daily for Speeding on Highways, Expressways in Delhi in 2022: MoRTH Data
1 year, 4 months ago

830 Challans, Rs 5.3 Lakh in Fines Daily for Speeding on Highways, Expressways in Delhi in 2022: MoRTH Data

News 18  

The ministry of road transport and highways told Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that at least 830 challans were issued and Rs 5.30 lakh collected daily, on an average, in 2022 for speeding on highways and expressways in Delhi. In all, 3.02 lakh challans were issued and Rs 19.22 crore collected in fines for the traffic violation across the national capital. …

Plea in SC: Only 7.61% of E-challan fine recovered
1 year, 8 months ago

Plea in SC: Only 7.61% of E-challan fine recovered

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: An application was filed before the Supreme Court to evolve an effective mechanism for time bound recovery of the fines imposed through e-challan for violation of traffic rules. The applicant relied upon the response of the Union government in the Rajya Sabha that only 7.61 per cent of the fine amount imposed through e-challans could be recovered against …

E-monitoring roads: unpaid fines driving govt. rethink
1 year, 8 months ago

E-monitoring roads: unpaid fines driving govt. rethink

The Hindu  

Four years after the introduction of a law enabling the electronic monitoring of roads and highways to prevent fatalities and accidents, the government in the Supreme Court is accepting that its implementation has potholes which require mending. One of the blind spots in the implementation of Section 136A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 is integral to its success and …

Bengaluru traffic dept collects ₹5.6 cr after 50% discount offer on penalties
1 year, 10 months ago

Bengaluru traffic dept collects ₹5.6 cr after 50% discount offer on penalties

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru traffic police have collected over ₹5.6 crore on Friday in traffic violation fines after announcing a 50 per cent discount on all penalties. Violators across Karnataka owe the traffic police department around ₹530 crore in penalty fees, of which ₹500 crore is due to come from state capital Bengaluru alone. READ | Karnataka announces 50% discount on all pending …

Karnataka announces 50% discount on all pending traffic fines; offer till Feb 11
1 year, 10 months ago

Karnataka announces 50% discount on all pending traffic fines; offer till Feb 11

Hindustan Times  

In good news for commuters in Karnataka, the state's traffic police department on Thursday decided to slash pending traffic violation fines by 50 per cent. Those in Bengaluru can visit local traffic police stations to pay their fines or go on the Bengaluru traffic police website: https://bangaloretrafficpolice.gov.in, whereas those outside of Bengaluru can visit KarnatakaOne centres or nearest police stations …

Traffic police amass Rs 275 crore on pending challans
2 years, 8 months ago

Traffic police amass Rs 275 crore on pending challans

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: As much as Rs 275 crore was collected via various online payment gateways by the Hyderabad traffic police in March so far during their instalment challans drive. “We are clearing 25 challans per second on an average,” said Hyderabad traffic joint commissioner A.V. Hyderabad traffic police ran a month-long campaign offering discounts up to 75 per cent on pending …

Police to Andhra Pradesh\'s traffic violators: Pay pending penalties or face action
4 years, 1 month ago

Police to Andhra Pradesh\'s traffic violators: Pay pending penalties or face action

Deccan Chronicle  

TIRUPATI: If you have been a traffic violator and haven’t bothered to pay an e-challans, beware! Traffic police are in pursuit of errant motorists roaming freely without paying fines in spite of receiving e-challans from the department. The AP traffic police department have more than valid reasons to do so as majority of errant motorists have failed to pay fines …

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