In a drive to make Delhi roads safer, the Transport Department’s enforcement wing has issued 38,858 challans for violation of Motor Vehicle Act in the past one month. As per details provided by the Transport Department, it has challenged 2,460 autos, 1,793 taxies, 2,493 heavy passenger vehicles, 8,074 heavy good vehicles, 614 light passenger vehicles, 20,079 light good vehicles, 1,243 two wheelers and 2,090 four wheelers.
Besides, Transport Department has issued challans to 784 vehicles found overloaded. During the drive, 22,858 were prosecuted for seat belt while 1,225 booked for rash driving. Around 4,409 were booked for violation pollution norms while 5,331 prosecuted as they fail to show driving licences. Officials say that the total numbers of vehicles that have been challaned are 38,858. For some vehicles more than one challan has been issued, one for the driver and one for the owner. The vehicles were booked for single or multiple offences such as overloading, rash driving, pollution, helmet, documents resulting in 89,835 offences.