Jamshedpur Police are planning to introduce the automatic e-challan generation system for traffic violations at Bistupur and Sakchi.
Motorists who wear helmets or seat belts just metres before the police checkpoints may have to change their tricks at these two locations. The police have plans to install Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras at the junction. With this, e-challan will be automatically generated for traffic violations and details of the fine will be sent as SMS to the mobile number of the offender.
An official said the ANPR cameras will be installed at different places at Sakchi and Bistupur and it would soon be extended to other places based on its functioning at the junction. The cameras would detect and capture images of the violations and a challan would be sent to the mobile number attached with the vehicle’s registration number.
He said the details of the challan would be sent to the respective Regional Transport Offices as well. The message would also have the link for payment. He said if the fine dues were not cleared within the stipulated period, the vehicles could be seized and ownership transfers or selling of vehicles would become difficult.
The official said the automatic e-challan system has been introduced at metro cities and also in several big cities and keeping a city like Jamshedpur, the system is necessary here also.
“We have been working on an ambitious project. One of the important features is the automatic prosecution system which is enabled by a series of cameras equipped with high resolution number plate detection lenses to determine stop-line violations, lane violations, speeding, travelling without seat belts or use of a mobile phone while driving. Once these violations are detected, e-challan systems set up at the control rooms will send a notice to the violator’s address and alert the violator about the notice on his or her registered mobile numbers,” he said.
To make the streets safer, the transport department will start issuing e-challans to traffic violators instead of manual challans. An integrated e-challan system is expected to bring in more transparency in the prosecution of vehicles violating the Motor Vehicles Act.