The Intelligent Traffic Management System (ITMS) has produced 27.76 lakh e-chalon on the Mumbai-Chand Expressway. It was kept in July last year since 470 crore e-surpity for traffic violations, which had just been recovered 51 crores in fine.
According to data shared by the Transport Department, cars attributed more than 17.20 lakh e-chaletons for the lion’s share of speed limit violations on 95 km expressway.
Heavy cargo carriers were away from each other with 3.27 lakh e-challans, followed by heavy passenger vehicles, such as buses, at 2.48 lakhs, taxis faced 2 lakh challans, and during this period 1.2 lakh light goods carriers were booked during this period.
Medium-goods vehicles received 85,468 e-chailans, with heavy freight vehicles 30,450, and medium passenger buses called 14,764 e-chailans, data.
A senior official of the Maharashtra Motor Vehicles Department (MMVD) told PTI that his department has issued 27.76 lakh e-challans. 19 July 2024 to 470 Crore, from 17 July this year.
He told that 3 lakh e-chalon price 51.32 crore has been recovered by 17 July, without further expansion.
According to an RTI answer for transporter KV Shetty, the department has paid the ITMS operator 57.94 crore for 8.84 lakh e-challan released between July 19 and 31 December last year.
Documents suggest that the operator, the proctic solutions ITMS LLP, gets 654.90, which includes its stake 555 and 18 percent GST for each e-challan issued.
ITMS, which uses high-resolution cameras and AI-based detection tools, was implemented to improve compliance and reduce accidents on the busy Mumbai-moon expressway.
Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) has installed 40 guns and hundreds of CCTV cameras as part of ITMS, including speed detection camera, ANPR, Weight-in-Motion Sensor, AVCC, Weather Sensor, A Dynamic Messaging System, A Command and Control Center (CCCC), Infrastructure Is.
State Transport Department has given 45 crore feasibility gap funding from road safety fund for project, maximum cost 100 crores.
According to the mechanism, a traffic violation report is generated through the ITMS system and is verified by the operator’s staff at the Command Control Center (CCC), and the invoice is to be approved by the RTO officers.
Officials said there is a provision to issue e-chalets for 17 traffic violations, which have moved forward so far, using mobile phones while driving, lane cutting, entering the wrong side and driving, the officials said.
Sources said that a large number of e-challans were issued for overseasing in the Khandla Ghat section of the expressway. Therefore, transporters are demanding an increase in speed limit in the ghat section.
There is a speed of 60 km per hour for cars in the 10-CIM GHAT section and 40 kmph for heavy vehicles. On other parts of the expressway, the speed limit is 100 kmph for small vehicles and 80 km per hour for heavy vehicles.
Transporters, the current border on the ghat stream, Lonwal in Pune district and Khalapur in Raigad district, resulted in frequent e-challenges, as it is challenging for heavy vehicles to move slowly downwards, and slow down traffic and cause accidents.
The current was being discussed to increase the speed limit for heavy vehicles such as trucks and buses from 40 kmph to 45-50 kmph on bending under the Pune-Mumbai arm of Khandla Ghat.
Transport operators are unhappy with the flood of e-chalet and urged the authorities to focus on resentment in an important area. Last month, transporters went on strike against the fierce e-chalets issued to heavy vehicles, but closed it after the state government set up a panel.
