8.3 lakh challans issued in city since Congress govt came to power

In all, 8.3 lakh challans were issued in Hyderabad ever since the Congress government came to power. From Dec 1, 2023 to Feb 22, 2024, challans worth Rs 8,59,20,025 were imposed on two-wheelers, three-wheelers and four-wheelers in the city limits. Of these, nearly 6.15 lakh pending cases of challans are there in Hyderabad during Dec 1, 2023 to Feb 22, 2024.
As per the information obtained through RTI, Rs 3.8 crore pending challans were paid during the same timeframe. For two-wheelers, 5.90 lakh cases were booked worth Rs 17.59 crore. Of these 1.41 lakh cases paid the challan amount worth Rs 2.10 crore. There are 4.49 lakh pending cases of payment of challans by two-wheeler owners in Hyderabad to the tune of Rs 13.60 crore.
For three-wheelers, about 60,337 cases were booked worth Rs 1.26 crore. Of these, 17,230 owners paid the challan amount worth Rs 16 lakh. There are 43,107 pending cases of payment of challans by the three-wheeler owners in Hyderabad to the tune of Rs 93.97 lakh.
For four-wheelers, 1.82 lakh cases were booked worth Rs 7.32 crore. Of these 59,496 owners paid the challan amount worth Rs 1.59 crore. There are 1.22 lakh pending cases of payment of challans by the four-wheeler owners in Hyderabad to the tune of Rs 5.9 crore.
RTI activist Kareem Ansari filed a request under the RTI Act regarding the challans collected by the Telangana police department after there was change in government. The Hyderabad Commissioner of Police’s office responded by providing a categorised report from December 1, 2023, to February 22, 2023.
Kareem highlighted that the pending amounts for two-wheeler vehicles exceeded those for three-wheelers and four-wheelers. He called for proper action to be taken by the government. Kareem said, “During BRS government, the challans were imposed strictly. So, the intention behind RTI was to understand the challans issued after change in government. After change in government, there is no proper attention given towards traffic management and collecting challans.”