Vadodara: ‘I have no change.
Can I come later to pay a penalty ‘? During the last 17 months, traffic police have not heard this reason many of the residents who have committed traffic violations.
Barodian has now been brought to digital mode to issue traffic fines after sending e-challans.
By 2020, more than 83% of residents pay digital e-challsan.
“This is a big change in recent years because ordinary people visit the police station or police Bhavan previously to pay a fine.
In the past few years, most people start paying online.
And it’s convenient for the police too,” Shamsher Singh said, Commissioner of Police City.
Citizens pay through websites or cellular applications.
In 2019, the police department collected RS 6.11 Crore Penalty Traffic via e-Challans where 66% were paid online.
The police department has recently started collecting on spot traffic punishment through the Point of Sale (POS) machine.
Traffic police have been given 120 post machines covering 60 different points in the city.
Every time commuting is caught committing traffic violations, the police offer them options to pay with cash or debit / credit cards.
In the last 45 days, the police have issued 11,412 traffic scraps and collected Rs 63.77 lakh.
Of this number, 9,531 memo paid with cash when the rest with the card.
“Gradually, we will delete all Challan books and use the Post Machine for Chaltan.
Digitalization will help us keep the record of all such fines,” Singh added.