Karachi’s new camera-based e-challan system is encouraging more drivers to follow traffic rules. Even on empty roads and in front of closed shops, vehicles are stopping at red lights, thanks to the automated fines.
Traffic police report that compliance has improved on major roads like Shahrah-e-Faisal, Clifton, and Metropole, with car drivers showing the most discipline.
In a surprising twist, the e-challan system also helped trace a stolen motorcycle. Four years after it was stolen from Tipu Sultan Road, the original owner received a Rs5,000 e-challan for a helmet violation on October 27. The owner had reported the theft to Tipu Sultan police, but the bike remains unrecovered and is still being used on city roads.
In the first four days of the e-challan system, 416 fines were issued to heavy vehicles in Karachi, totaling Rs8.16 million. Most fines were for overspeeding (297 cases) and not wearing seat belts (111 cases). There was also one fine for lane violations, illegal parking, and using a mobile phone while driving. Additionally, 25 dump trucks were fined and heavily penalized during this period.
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Why Roads occupied by pataras can’t be seen on surveillance cameras at command and control. Classical examples are around Empress Market. Dry Fruit seller occupying almost 30% of road even leaving walk way behind.
You wrote 416 fines totalling to 8.16million. That makes around 19,500 per fine. That sounds unreal. Fact check please.
Wonderful job
Being a Karachiite, I would Not just thank to the automated fines, rather thank to the automated heavy fines. But this should be expanded to the interior to curb the sindh urban rural divide.
Karachi Damaged Roads sewerage and water lines Damaged Responsible Sindh government