Vehicles found violating traffic rules will now be issued e-challan within 15 days of recording any offence electronically.
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) under the under the amended Motor Vehicle Act 1989 for Electronic Monitoring and Enforcement of Road Safety, notified that state agencies should send traffic violation notice to the offender within 15 days of the offence committed, and the electronic record should be stored till the disposal of challan.
“The notice of offence shall be sent within fifteen days of the occurrence of the offence and the electronic record collected by way of electronic monitoring should be stored till the disposal of challan,” the ministry tweeted.
State Govts shall ensure that such devices are placed at high-risk / high-density corridors on NHs, State Highways & at critical junctions, at least in major cities with more than 1 million population, including 132 cities mentioned in the notification.
— MORTHINDIA (@MORTHIndia) August 19, 2021
The MoRTH shared the details of the move today. It said, “The electronic enforcement devices include speed camera, closed-circuit television camera, speed gun, body wearable camera, dashboard camera, Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR), weigh-in machine (WIM) and any such other technology specified by the State Government.”
“State governments shall ensure that such devices are placed at high-risk / high-density corridors on National Highways, State Highways, and at critical junctions, at least in major cities with more than 1 million population, including 132 cities mentioned in the notification,” the ministry said.
The e-challan system is already in place across many cities, comprising Delhi, where the notice is sent to owner of the vehicle found violating traffic rules.
The ministry now aims at increasing the ambit of the amended rules to more places and making it more effective by means of devices such as dashboard cameras or body wearable cameras to record the offence.
