Traffic Challan New Update: If you drive a four-wheeler or two-wheeler, this news could be very important for you. Paying traffic fines has now become much easier. The traffic police have launched a new system for this. Under this system, you can pay the fine amount immediately via UPI after receiving a challan.
The Delhi government has launched a QR code-based payment system. Through this system, people can pay their challans on the spot using UPI. This facility has been implemented across the entire Delhi state. This will largely eliminate all the problems associated with payment failures on online portals and long waiting times to pay challans.
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On-the-spot challan payment facility
Under the new system, the Delhi Traffic Police has deployed approximately 1,500 QR code scanners across the city. When a vehicle is issued a challan, the traffic police officer asks the person for their preferred payment method after issuing the challan. If online payment is chosen, the officer generates a QR code based on the mobile number.
The vehicle driver or person can scan the QR code with any UPI app, such as Google Pay, PhonePe, or Paytm, and make the payment instantly. As soon as the payment is successful, the challan is automatically updated in the system, and a payment confirmation message is also received.
Old pending challans can also be cleared
The benefit of this new facility is not limited to challans issued on the spot. If there are already pending challans on a vehicle, the details of the pending challans will be displayed in the UPI app using the vehicle’s registration number. From there, the challan can be selected and paid directly, eliminating the need to visit courts or portals.
Now to be implemented across Delhi
In the first two weeks of January, this system was run as a pilot project in five traffic circles of Delhi. This trial was completely successful, after which it was implemented across the entire Delhi. According to traffic police officials, this step has been taken keeping in mind the complaints of the general public. Previously, people faced technical difficulties while making payments on government or court portals, which resulted in pending challans (traffic fines). Now, this problem will be resolved with on-the-spot digital payments.
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What will be the benefits of this new system?
Last year, approximately 20 lakh challans and an equal number of camera-related notices were reported to be pending in Delhi. The QR code-based payment system will help reduce these pending challans. This will promote cashless transactions and make the entire process more transparent. Since the payment will be recorded in the system immediately, people will not have to face unnecessary hassles.
However, the traffic police have also appealed to people to exercise caution. Before scanning any unknown QR code, ensure that the payment is being made only through the official traffic police channels to avoid any kind of fraud.