System set up to send automatic e-challans for traffic violations in Chennai

The pilot project has been introduced in Anna Nagar and Thirumangalam

The police have introduced a new system to send e-challans automatically to the mobile phones of motorists, whose traffic violations are caught on advanced surveillance cameras. The system was introduced in Anna Nagar and Thirumangalam on a pilot basis, and would later be extended to other parts of the city for effective enforcement, Police Commissioner Shankar Jiwal said. In 2019, Hyundai Motor India Foundation (HMIF), an arm of Hyundai Motor India Limited, installed 63 highly sophisticated cameras and a fully-equipped monitoring room to support authorities in strengthening road discipline and help reduce traffic violations in the locality. The cameras were installed at Anna Nagar roundtana, Anna Nagar police station roundtana, Shanthi Colony junction, Estate Road junction and West Depot X 18th Main Road junction. The cameras would be monitored through a separate control room at Anna Nagar roundtana. The traffic police used to send notices or challans manually, asking the vehicle owners to pay a penalty for any violation. Now, the system has been upgraded so that e-challans will be sent automatically to the violators’ mobile phones.