Attention Noida, Ghaziabad commuters! Traffic police will now cut only e-challans

As per the new guidelines, the transport department has decided to make the challan system 100 percent digital within the next three months.

New Delhi: In order to prevent road accidents and ensure safety, the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued stricter guidelines. The new order will be implemented in over 13 cities in Uttar Pradesh, including Noida and Ghaziabad. As per the new guidelines, the transport department has decided to make the challan system 100 percent digital within the next three months. According to a report in Hindustan Times, the authorities have also directed the traffic police to also deduct online challans in case of overcrowding of vehicles in 13 cities with a population of more than one million. These cities are Lucknow, Kanpur, Jhansi, Firozabad, Gajraula, Ghaziabad, Khurja, Moradabad, Noida, Rae Bareli, Varanasi, Gorakhpur and Meerut.  The transport department revealed that Lucknow is the city with the most numbers of traffic violations in Uttar Pradesh, adding that the target challan for the city is one thousand per day. The transport department is going to use the mobile camera for invoicing these e-challans.