New Delhi: The number of challans for violations of traffic rules has risen almost four times by 7.7 crorses in the last 23 months after the modified motor vehicle laws come into force in the same period before.
Nearly 29% of these challans were only released in Delhi even though it became UT while Tamil Nadu had a maximum share of 32.5% of the Challan in the last 23 months.
Data, submitted to Rajya Sabha on Monday by the Minister of Transportation Union Nitin Gadkari in response to starry questions, shows that only 1.9 Challans Crore issued between August 2017 and August 2019 before the Changed Law was notified by the center.
All countries have implemented new provisions with a higher fines for traffic violations.
Detailed analysis shows that 1.5 crore challans or notifications are issued for violators in Tamil Nadu for 23 months, which is almost 24 times more than published by Challasts during the same period between 2017 and 2019.
In the case of Delhi, the number of viewers Traffic issued during the last 23 months was 2.2 crores, which was four times more than those released by Challans during the same period in 2017-19.
The total number of vehicles in Delhi is the same as the combined number of vehicles registered in Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai.
Uttar Pradesh also saw an increase in the number of Challan from 44.3 lakh to 1.5 crore after the new MV law was enforced.
However, there are conditions such as Gujarat and Haryana where the number of challans is reduced.
Former DGP and Chairperson of the Road Safety Authority in Telangana T Krishna Prasad said, “It is expected that the number of Challan will increase after the new law will take effect.
If there is no lock and restrictions on the traffic movement, the number will be greater.
We can see the challans surge in the state And cities where technology is used to capture violators.
We must switch from law enforcement driven by the police to the enforcement of technologidriven.
“Gadkari said the increase in the number of Challans was due to installation of cameras and weapons-based automatic violations detection systems.
He said this could almost be ignored before the implementation of the legal was changed.