Srinagar, Aug 23: The Srinagar Traffic Police have published a list of over 3,100 vehicles based in Jammu & Kashmir that have ten or more pending challans.
A senior traffic police officer told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the list has been shared on social media to alert vehicle owners of outstanding fines.
“There is a huge number of challans pending against over 3,100 vehicles. We have shared the list on our social media handles for those who have 10 or more pending challans,” he said.
The officer said the traffic police have released a separate list of at least 220 non-J&K registered vehicles that also have 10 or more pending challans. He urged all vehicle owners with pending challans to clear them as soon as possible.
Some vehicles have more than 20 challans and have not cleared any of them, he informed.
In a tweet on the social media platform X, the Srinagar Traffic Police said, “Traffic City Srinagar requests all vehicle owners whose registration numbers are in these lists to kindly clear their pending challans immediately.”
The officer said the challans have been issued for various types of traffic violations and are intended to deter drivers from breaking traffic rules.
The Srinagar Traffic Police have been actively photographing vehicles that are found violating traffic rules.
It is worth mentioning that some residents have contested the fines issued by the traffic police, claiming they were wrongly penalised.
Srinagar has recently seen a surge in road accidents, and official data shows that the district has experienced the highest number of accidents so far this year, which have resulted in more than five fatalities and over 40 injuries—(KNO)
