The Chennai City Traffic Police have introduced e-challan at selected traffic signals in the city on a trial basis for two weeks. After fine-tuning the gadgets after the trial, the system will be introduced across the city.
On Wednesday, the traffic police issued nearly 100 e-challans to traffic violators. Each hand-held equipment is connected to the central server using GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) and the data entered by traffic personnel would be stored in the server at the traffic police control room in the city police commissioner's office.
"Data of all the vehicles registered with regional transport offices in the city have been entered into the central registry in the traffic police control room. Each entry of violation will be stored in a separate folder in the computer. This enables us to get to frequent violators," said additional commissioner of police (traffic) Sanjay Arora.
At the signal opposite to the Central Railway Station, police personnel on Wednesday stopped a call taxi driver for signal violation.
"When the cops entered the vehicle registration number, it showed that the same driver had violated traffic twice since this morning. We warned the driver and let him off," he said.
Traffic police personnel using the equipment are encouraged to give their feedback on practical problems they face during the transition.
"After scrutinising the merit of such complaints, we will make changes and improvise the system," the officer added.
The state government has procured 300 e-challan hand-held equipment for the city traffic police. The project is funded by the World Bank to enforce traffic rules and enable better management of traffic.
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