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    Over 38 lakh traffic violation cases booked in last 2 months, Nitin Gadkari informs the Parliament

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    As per information available in the database of National Informatics Centre (NIC), 38,39,406 traffic challans in 18 states were issued since September 1, when certain provisions of the new motor vehicles act came into effect. The total Challans have been booked for Rs 5,77,51,79,895 crore, Union minister Nitin Gadkari informed the Parliament.

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    The Challans are being referred to courts, while details of actual revenue are not available, Gadkari said.
    NEW DELHI: Authorities have issued over 38 lakh challans worth Rs 577 crores across the country since September this year, after the new penalties for traffic violations came into effect.

    Union minister of road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari provided this information in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.

    As per information available in the database of National Informatics Centre (NIC), 38,39,406 traffic challans in 18 states were issued since September 1, when certain provisions of the new motor vehicles act came into effect.

    The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act,2019 has resulted in increase of traffic penalties by several times, with an eye on disciplining road users.

    The total Challans have been booked for Rs 5,77,51,79,895, Gadkari informed the Parliament. The Challans are being referred to courts, while details of actual revenue are not available, Gadkari said.

    The said data is available for Chandigarh, Pondicherry, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Delhi, Rajasthan, Bihar, Dadra Nagar Haveli, Punjab, Goa, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, and Haryana.

    Tamil Nadu has seen the highest number of Challans at 14,13,996, while least were issued in Goa, at 58.

    Meanwhile Uttar Pradesh saw around 9,83,326 traffic violations, and over 4,81,378 violations were booked in Delhi.

    Fatalities due to road accidents have come down compared to last year in several states during the September-October period.

    As per data available for 9 states, Puducherry saw the highest number rate of reduction in road accidents consequent deaths at -30.7%. Uttar Pradesh, which accounts for the highest number of deaths on account of road accidents every year, saw a reduction of accidents by 9.8%.

    Gujarat accounted for 13.8% reduction in deaths due to road accidents during the two months as compared to the same period last year.

    On several occasions in the past, Gadkari has insisted that the new Motor vehicles Act will help in bringing down the rate of accidents in the country.

    The fine for drunken driving has been increased from Rs 2,000 to Rs 10,000, while penalty for speeding has increased 10 times of the current level to Rs 5,000.

    A recent report by the ministry of road transport and highways revealed that road accidents claimed over 1.5 lakh lives in 2018.

    India, ranks 1st in the number of road accident deaths across the 199 countries reported in the World Road Statistics, 2018 followed by China and US. As per the WHO Global Report on Road Safety 2018, India accounts for almost 11% of the accident related deaths in the World.


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