PUNE: The Pune division of highway safety police (HSP) launched the use of e-challan machine for fine collection on highways in all districts under its jurisdiction on Wednesday.
“The machine will show violations registered against the vehicle across the state,” said Milind Mohite, superintendent of police, Pune division of HSP. In the initial phase, 52 machines were distributed to officials at Khandala, Wadgaon, Sarola, Bhuinj, Karad, Ujalaiwad, and Indapur highway police outposts.
In 2019 alone, the highway safety police has unpaid fines of over Rs 2,40,00,000 from rule violations. The fine remained unpaid by violators for lack of collection process. Mohite said that the new system will help in collecting unpaid fine and check road violations.
