Mira Bhayandar: MBVV Traffic Police Issued ₹7.63 Crore in Challans, Reflecting 28% Surge in 2024 | File Photo
Mira Bhayandar: The traffic police department (Kashimira unit) of the Mira Bhayandar-Vasai Virar (MBVV) police have set the cash registers ringing for the state exchequer.
This is evident of the fact that, the traffic department has registered a whopping 97,855 cases under the relevant sections of the Motor Vehicle Act (MVA) against erring motorists for various traffic-related violations and have issued challans having a collective value amounting more than Rs 7.63 crore till 30 December, this year.
Notably, the amount was limited to just Rs 5.49 crore in 82,673 cases registered during the corresponding period in 2023, signifying a rise of more than 28 percent (Rs 2,14,70,500). However, only 38,344 offenders have cleared challans by paying more than Rs 2.95 crore, even as 58,541 e-challans amounting more than Rs 4.67 crore continue to remain unpaid.
This apart from 382 cases including 219 drunk-driving offences which are pending before the court. While manually imposed penalty is recovered on the spot, most of the unpaid e-challans have been generated either by automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras or by traffic police personnel watching camera footage at the command and control centre (CCC) which is operational in Bhayandar since April, 2023.
“Apart from our regular vigil duty, we have been conducting special drives and awareness campaigns to instil traffic sense in the minds of motorists.” said police inspector (traffic)- Devidas Handore.
A cursory glance at the statistics reveal that an average of 268 motorists were being caught every day for violating traffic rules in the twin-city. While helmetless riding and driving without seatbelts top the list with 3941 and 2531 cases, other offences include-signal jumping, using mobile phones while riding/driving, drunk driving, triple seat riding, illegal parking, installing fancy number plates and ferrying passengers’ sans taxi permits.
