The Odisha Government has collected Rs 1.06 crore fine from violators of traffic rules on March 1, the day the state government implemented the amended Motor Vehicle Act, 2019 after relaxing its enforcement for six months, officials said.
The penalty was collected by the staff of Regional Transport Offices and police personnel. While 126 persons were penalised for triple-riding, 49 people were fined for speaking over mobile phones while driving.
Ten persons were penalised for driving against the flow of traffic, 1,831 for riding without helmets, 349 for not wearing seat belts, 24 for driving in an inebriated State and 277 for over-speeding, the officials said.
Of the total Rs 1.06 crore collected from the violators, the RTO officials collected Rs 88 lakh as penalty from 1,785 people while the police issued challans of Rs 18 lakh to 2,112 people for flouting traffic rules.
Meanwhile, RTO officials slapped Rs 43,000 fine on a man in Sambalpur district on Monday for allowing his minor son to ride his scooter.
Of the 43,000 fine, Rs 25,000 was for allowing the minor to ride the scooter, Rs 5,000 as the boy did not have a driving licence, Rs 1,000 as he did not wear a helmet, Rs 10,000 as the vehicle did not have Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificate and Rs 2,000 as it lacked insurance, officials said.
The officials implementing the amended MV Act have been instructed to behave properly while collecting penalties from the violators,