Telangana Government Announces Massive Discount On Pending Traffic Challans
NDTV
The move was part of election manifesto of the Congress, which has implemented it for the benefit of vehicle owners.
The Telangana government on Tuesday launched a scheme for citizens to pay pending challans at only the fraction of the original value. Under the scheme, the state government is offering 60-90 per cent discount on the traffic challan amount. The one-time settlement scheme will remain open from December 26 to January 10. However, several users complained of not being able to get the declared discount and shared several posts son X tagging Hyderabad Police. A government order (GO) was soon issued to clarify all the doubts. As per the orders the percentage of challans are divided according to the category of the vehicle. The push carts and TSRTC buses are to pay 10% of the challan amount with a waiver of 90%. Meanwhile, 2 and 3 wheeler are to pay 20% of the total challan amount with a waiver of 80%. pic.twitter.com/JEYnHZygL4
As per the government order, 90 per cent discount will be offered to owners of push carts. They will have to pay only 10 per cent of the challan amount, while the remaining 90 per cent will be waived off.
The same discount is offered to RTC drivers.
