19L traffic violations reported in just 105 days

New Delhi: In just 105 days, more than 19 lakh on spot challans were issued for violation of traffic rules in the city.

The law enforcement agency said that the highest violations were improper parking, driving without helmet, not using seat belt, stop line crossing.

The Delhi Police data accessed by Millennium Post revealed that till April 15, as many as 19,47,385 challans were issued for 51 different kinds of traffic violations.

A total of 38,72,85 challans were issued for not wearing helmet whereas for improper parking-36,77,97, not using the seat belt-18,93,52, stop line crossing-11,66,84 challans were issued by city police.

The data further revealed that as many as 42,520 challans were issued for over speeding whereas 401 challans were done for drivers who were minor.

For other violations like dangerous driving-72,996 challans, drunken driving-16,321, playing music-521, pressure horn-1,745, without pollution certificate-16,757, using the vehicle in unsafe condition-95, stop without bus stop-200, park/wait in bus lane-24,416, wrong overtaking-2,064, overcharge/misbehave-417, refusal by taxi/TSR-676, one way violation-11,36,74, using mobile phone while driving-5,180, smoking while driving-492, without insurance-5,629 challans, were issued.

The Delhi Police Annual Report said that growing vehicle fleet, unregulated urban expansions, increase in freight movement by road, inadequate and inefficient public transport system and lack of efficient control measures viz mixed property use are some of the key variables, which make traffic regulations and control an extremely challenging task.

"Lack of development of alternative means of public transportation outside metro stations has led to an adverse modal split for the road network. This has also forced the commuters to use personalised modes of transportation," added the annual report.

Delhi has witnessed an exponential growth of motor vehicles in the last three decades.

Since 1991, the number of motor vehicles grew by 179 percent, whereas the population by 48per cent and road length grew only by 15.7 percent, added the report.

Emphasis is laid on enforcement of discipline by the road users through quality prosecution of major traffic violations such as a violation of traffic signals, violation of restrictions, triple riding, riding without the helmet, pillion rider without the helmet, improper parking, dangerous driving, drunken driving, minor driving, over speeding etc.