Over Rs 186 cr penalty collected from twin city traffic rule violators in 3 yrs

A whopping amount of more than Rs 186 crore has been collected from as many as 1,85,2394 vehicle drivers for violating various traffic rules in the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack in the last three years.

Minister of State for Home Tusharkanti Behera stated this in the monsoon session of the Odisha Assembly on Monday. Behera was replying to a question from Choudwar-Cuttack MLA Souvic Biswal.

Sharing details on the penalty collection for violation of different traffic rules in the twin city, Behera said the Commissionerate Police has collected a total fine of Rs 186,04,55,440 from 18,52,394 persons in the Twin City in 2020, 2021 and 2022.

The penalty was collected from the vehicle driver for violation of different traffic rules such as driving two-wheeler without wearing helmet, driving while talking on mobile phone, driving without seat belt, driving on wrong routes and driving in an inebriated condition.

About Rs 85,06,72,700 fine was collected from 8,66,464 persons for driving without helmet, Rs 6,65,12,800 was collected from 14,865 persons for driving while talking on mobile phone, Rs 1,81,91,100 was collected from 19,643 persons for driving without seat belt. 

Similarly, Rs 86,69,100 fine was collected from 18,725 persons for driving on wrong routes, Rs 28,08,000 was collected from 5,628 persons for driving in inebriated condition and Rs 91,26,01,740 was collected from 9,27,059 persons for other traffic violations.