GURGAON: In a bid to recover traffic fines, police have started impounding vehicles for non-payment of challans issued by cameras installed across the city. A total of 19 vehicles, including autorickshaws and bikes, have been seized in the last 10 days. More than 100 online challans were issued against these vehicles for violating traffic rules, police officials said. On an average, the traffic police issues more than 3,000 online challans per day, but most of them go unpaid. A senior police officer said the impounded vehicles were “serial traffic violators” and did not carry fines of at least Rs 1 lakh each. Police have parked the seized vehicles — 13 autos and six bikes — near Sector 29 and Rajiv Chowk. One of the impounded autos had 289 unpaid traffic fines, another 269, and a third 195. 195 challans were issued against one motorcycle, all of which were unpaid, police said. The driver has to issue a fine for traffic violations and pay it on time. Otherwise, the traffic police will take strict action and impound such vehicles,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Virender Vij said, adding that they would ensure strict adherence to traffic rules by the public. About 4,500 traffic challans are issued daily by the traffic police, out of which 3,000 challans are issued through a network of about 1,100 CCTV cameras installed on city streets. The remaining 1,500 are issued manually by the traffic police on the ground. The cameras detect traffic violations and alert the GMDA's Integrated Command and Control Center (ICCC). , which checks the footage and approves the online challan issued to the vehicle owner for violations such as wrong side driving, unauthorized parking, traffic signal jumping, and driving without a helmet. The fine ranges from Rs 500 to Rs 5,000 depending on the violation. In the online challan, the fine is tagged on the vehicle registration number and the amount may increase continuously. There is no mechanism to collect online challans and the owner has to submit them voluntarily, but those who haven't paid the fine cannot sell the vehicle as they need a No Objection Certificate (NOC). ) will not be able to obtain. From the Regional Transport Authority
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