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TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

e-Challan for

Better Traffic Management System

Handling city traffic, especially during peak hours, is a universal concern
for global mega cities. TrafficInfraTech speaks to city traffic personnel to

understand how they are working towards evidence based enforcement to
reduce the police-violator interface

orld-over Intelligent e-Challan happens to be one of the Intelligent System for Better
Transportation comprehensive digital solutions for Traffic Management
Systems (ITS) are traffic/transport enforcement that is
undergoing changes integrated with Vaahan and Saarathi Delhi Police’s Intelligence Traffic
Was their need, use applications. Most of all, it enhances the Management System, approved by
and effectiveness are still finding newer visibility of offenders and better traffic the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, is
meanings throughout. Though put management. It works on two systems largely based on artificial intelligence.
to optimum use in many cities in the – issuing challans through personal It substantially reduces human
US and Europe, Asian countries are contact, which is when a policeman intervention in the city’s day-to-day
still using them sparingly. ITS is being catches a violator & issues a challan, traffic management.
experimented within India but many and the other is through non-contact, Alok Kumar, Joint Commissioner
a challenge needs to be overcome to wherein challans are sent through (Traffic), Delhi, said, “We have been
make these systems more effective and SMS after the violation is caught by working on the ambitious ITMS project.
work efficiently. CCTV cameras. One of the important feature is automatic

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