LAHORE: The Lahore Traffic Police has announced a wide-scale crackdown on e-challan defaulters, signaling a zero-tolerance approach toward traffic law violations in the city.
MM News has learnt that Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) Syed Abdul Rahim Shirazi has issued strict directives to concerned officers to initiate immediate action against vehicles with outstanding fines.
Presiding over a high-level meeting with e-challan recovery squads, CTO Shirazi presented a list of the top 100 defaulters and ordered the immediate tracking and apprehension of these vehicles.
To ensure the efficiency of the operation, the recovery squads will work in close coordination with the Safe City project to locate and intercept defaulting vehicles.
The CTO highlighted that the police are utilizing advanced Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology to monitor and issue e-challans for more than 20 different types of traffic violations.
In addition to the deployment of special teams to intercept violators, officials have ordered that defaulters be stopped and processed at police stations.
In yet another significant move to compel compliance, the Lahore Police have restricted access to 14 essential police services for e-challan defaulters. To streamline this enforcement, the Safe City infrastructure, Police Service Centers, and the Licensing System have been fully integrated, allowing the department to identify and penalize violators with greater speed and accuracy.
Province-Wide Enforcement on Helmets and Lane Discipline
The crackdown extends beyond e-challans to include a province-wide initiative targeting motorcyclists. In an effort to protect the lives and property of citizens, the Punjab government has reaffirmed that the use of helmets is mandatory across the province.
Under new enforcement guidelines, motorcyclists found riding without helmets will not only face a financial penalty (challan) but will also have their motorcycles impounded for a period of 24 hours.
Simultaneously, it has also been learnt that the authorities are intensifying action against motorcyclists who fail to adhere to designated lane lines. The impact of this enforcement is already evident, with authorities reporting that more than 20,000 motorcycles were impounded last month alone for lane-line violations.
