Maharashtra soon to launch ‘One State One e-Challan’ penalizing misbehaving motorists in the state

Mumbai, March 14: Maintaining traffic chaos and swiftly moving the digital fervor, Maharashtra soon to be the first state in India to have a state-wide e-challan system to fine those who violate driving norms in cities other than their place of residence.

 

According to the report, the Rs 60 crore project aimed at ‘One State One e-Challan’ will see the police serve you an e-challan irrespective of the district or city you have violated a traffic law in.

The e-challan system was introduced in Mumbai in November 2016 as a pilot project for 18 months. While introducing the new system, the police claimed that all the transactions would be cashless, violators would receive the e-challan on their mobile phones and the system would do away with the need to confiscate the vehicle or any documents.

In phase one, the police have asked for 4,500 hand-held devices out of which, 1100 will be used in Mumbai. The report added that the control room will be set up in Mumbai’s traffic police headquarters, which will monitor Mumbai, Pune, Thane, Navi Mumbai and Nagpur. For the second phase, which will cover the entire state, a centralised control room will be set up at the state highway police headquarters in Mumbai.

Earlier, the government has given its approval for Rs 59.12 crore to successfully implement the e-challan project. The government has also formed an eight-member Project implementation Committee (PIC) headed by Additional Director General of Police (Traffic) to ensure the project's successful implementation.

An official from the state home department said that implementation of the e-challan project was approved for an additional 25 cities, excluding Mumbai, in the state in a High Level Committee (HLC) meeting in June 2017. It was also decided that the project would cost around Rs 59.12 crore of which Rs 16.12 crore would be for capital expenditure while the remaining for the project's implementation.