Stepping up its campaign against unauthorised plying and overloading of vehicles, the Haryana Transport Department has challaned as many as 22,715 vehicles during the current financial year up to November.
An amount of Rs32.32 crore as compounding fee has been collected from these vehicles by the State Transport Department. During the corresponding period of last financial year, a sum of Rs28.86 crore had been collected as compounding fee.
A spokesperson of Haryana Transport Department said, “These vehicles have been challaned under the Motor Vehicle Act 1988 for violating norms under the Act. It is expected that revenue generation on account of compounding of offences would be Rs55 crore during the current financial year 2014-15 as compared to Rs43 crore collected during the year 2013-14.
From launching special campaign for road safety to keeping strict vigil on unauthorised vehicles, the Transport Department is taking a number of steps to ensure safety of commuters in the State.