GURUGRAM: More than 1,000 challans were issued each day for traffic rule violations after red light violation detection (RLVD) and automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) became operational at 26 locations in the city last month.
This, the traffic department officials said, was a 10-fold spike from the average 100 challans issued per day earlier.
Installed by the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA), these hi-tech cameras, placed atop traffic signals, are attached to sensors that can automatically detect a rule violation, capture photographs and send information to the official server. The data is then accessed by traffic cops who issue challans, generated automatically, to defaulting vehicle owners through text messages.
According to the traffic department, RLVD cameras were installed at six locations, including Galleria market, Sector 12 chowk, Rajesh Pilot chowk, Wazirabad traffic intersection, Jharsa chowk, and IFFCO metro station. While automatic number plate recognition cameras have been operational at 20 locations -- Signature Chowk underpass, Bristol chowk, Manesar bus stand, Wazirabad traffic intersection, Galleria Market, Rajesh Pilot chowk, Kapashera, Sirhol, Atlas chowk, Hero Honda chowk, and Cyber City among others -- since September.
With these cameras monitoring an entire stretch, crossing or intersection round-the-clock, more than 41 challans were issued per hour last month, officials said.
“These cameras have been very helpful in monitoring the traffic signal violations and as a result, we have seen 100 per cent increase in the challans. These cameras will not only help in reducing accidents and creating more traffic awareness but will also aid in checking street crimes, such as theft and snatching,” Gurugram traffic police deputy commissioner of police (DCP) Ravinder Singh Tomar said. Future technology upgrades, officials said, will include capabilities such as detection of riders without helmets, tripling and driving on the wrong side of a road.
“Currently, the traffic police tower in Sushant Lok 1 and the GMDA’s integrated command and control centre (ICCC) in Sector 44 monitor all camera feeds,” Tomar said, adding that more such cameras will be operational in other parts of the city soon.
The traffic police impose a penalty of Rs 5,000 for red light violation and Rs 500 for not installing a High-Security Number Plate (HSRP). The HSRPs are internationally recognised license plates and have features including laser-readable holograms.
