Starting April 15, traffic violators in Noida District will receive electronic fines or e-challan as a part of the district authority’s Intelligent Traffic Management System (ITMS).
The project, which started last year, aims to efficiently manage the ever-growing traffic load on the streets by integrating traffic surveillance and management to reduce traffic congestion.
Around 1,065 cameras are being installed at as many as 84 key intersections throughout the region to monitor the traffic.
As per the report by the Hindustan Times (HT), the ITMS will also be backed by various auxiliary systems like speed detection units, adaptive traffic lights and automatic number plate readers, all of which will be linked to a command centre to be set up in Sector 94.
Initially set to be completed by January 2022, the project was halted because of the rising number of coronavirus cases during the latter half of 2021. The Noida Authority officials are now aiming to link at least 50 of the proposed traffic intersections with the command centre, with the remaining work to be completed before April 15.
“So far, we have completed 52 per cent of work on this project and we have a deadline of April 15 to make it fully functional. It will help the traffic police act swiftly against the violators and improve traffic management significantly,” said SP Singh, deputy general manager of the Noida authority(Traffic).
Ganesh Saha, deputy commissioner of police (traffic), Gautam Budh Nagar was quoted as saying by HT, “Once completed, we will coordinate with the authority and issue e-challans for violating traffic rules such as speeding, red light jumping, lane violation and other cases with the help of the ITMS. Commuters who violate traffic will be provided with electronic evidence of their violations. We will also be able to issue traffic alerts to commuters during peak hours as we will be having live footage of all pockets of the city with the help of e-surveillance,”
Speaking on the condition of anonymity, a police official also stated in a bid to reduce traffic congestion and make roads safer with the proper enforcement of traffic norms, the police and authority is working together.
