Chandigarh, 17th July 2020
Hon’ble Governor of Punjab and Administrator, UT Chandigarh has digitally inaugurated the state-of-the-art e-Challan System today at Punjab Raj Bhawan, Sector 6, Chandigarh.
It is a comprehensive digital solution for enforcement of Traffic rules delivered through an Android based mobile application. E-Challan is a Pan-India project of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) developed by NIC that provides a number of user friendly features, covering all major functionalities of Traffic Enforcement System i.e. issuance of Traffic e-Challan, on spot cashless payment, real time excess of Vahan and Sarathi Database, access to previous records, integration with DigiLocker and M-parivahan apps using Hand Held device. With e-Challan, motorists will be able to pay fine at-the-spot using cashless means and from their homes using online payment gateway. This project has been implemented in Chandigarh with zero cost to the Department in association with NIC, SPIC and Axis Bank.
e-Sampark payment gateway is being used for online and on-the-spot cashless payment. For this project, Axis Bank has provided 200 handheld e-Challan devices, free of cost, to Chandigarh Police. Axis Bank will also provide on-the-spot field support to Chandigarh Traffic Police for the project.
Chandigarh is one of the first few States and UTs in the country that have introduced this modern traffic enforcement system. Chandigarh Traffic Police has made certain unique additions that have added immense value to this System. These add-ons have made the System more robust by keeping a tab on habitual offenders, initiating online process for suspension of license of erring drivers and digitally linking the courts.
On this eve, Chandigarh Traffic Police has sent bulk SMS to over 60,000 motorists informing them about online payment gateway for payment against their pending Postal Challans. An MOU has been recently signed between Chandigarh Traffic Police and Indian Postal Service for delivery of postal challans through speed post.
The Hon’ble Governor of Punjab and Administrator, UT Chandigarh has also inaugurated the Website of Chandigarh Traffic Police i.e. https://chandigarhtrafficpolice, which is the first official website to be hosted on NIC’s Chandigarh State Cloud. This Website provides citizen friendly online services such as Payment of Postal Challans, Driving History Record and No Entry Permission. The Website also has informative and educative material related to safe and responsible driving.
