Gurugram site visitors police have launched a digital on-line app to problem challans to site visitors violators. The trial run of the app started in April this 12 months and to date, 55,000 challans have been issued, police mentioned.
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Police personnel deployed at varied places are taking footage and importing them on the app primarily based on which challans are being despatched. Police mentioned round 2,500 challans are being despatched from the app every day.
Based on police, the initiative was taken to keep away from conflicts and to advertise transparency when violators disobey site visitors guidelines.
Shiv Archan Sharma, assistant commissioner of police, site visitors (headquarters), mentioned they got here up with the app to drag up site visitors violators. “We had performed a trial run for a couple of days in April and we obtained a very good response after which we launched the app formally from Might 1. We now have already issued 55,000 challans this month,” he mentioned.
ACP Sharma mentioned there are a minimum of 20 site visitors violations which were listed on the app. “As an alternative of stopping the site visitors violators, the groups deployed at main stretches click on footage and add them on the app and after that the challan is issued. Earlier, we have been utilizing CCTV cameras and e-machines to problem the challans,” he mentioned.
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Police mentioned round 200 site visitors personnel have been requested to obtain the app.
“Greater than 20 offences resembling fallacious parking, driving with out helmet, not sporting seat belts, leaping pink lights and zebra crossing, utilizing cell phone whereas driving, violations in quantity plates, and so forth. have been included within the app. Site visitors police personnel whereas importing the images may enter the situation, make and registration variety of the car and the violation. With this new app, we are able to problem challans in areas that haven’t any CCTV cameras”, ACP Sharma mentioned.
Police mentioned their personnel have additionally undergone a month’s coaching on the right way to function the app.
“Pictures of motorists who violate site visitors guidelines are uploaded on the app. The challan is issued solely after verification of the pictures by personnel posted on the built-in command and management centre and a duplicate of the challan is distributed to the cell variety of the violator”, ACP Sharma added.
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