Lahore City Traffic Police have recently ended the daily challan quota for traffic wardens. Sharing the steps to ensure smooth traffic flow in Lahore, the police announced that it had ended the daily challan quota across the city.
لائسنسنگ سینٹرزکے اوقات کار بڑھا دئیے گئے۔
تمام ڈرائیونگ ٹیسٹنگ سینٹرز میں دوسری شفٹ تعینات کردی گئی۔
07 انچارجز سمیت 32 وارڈنز مختلف لائسنسنگ سینٹرز میں تعینات۔#SmartLicensingcenter #License #Lahore #Manwan #Drivinglicense #Traffic_Police_Licensing_Center @OfficialDPRPP pic.twitter.com/e8ECHprmIH— City Traffic Police Lahore (@ctplahore) February 11, 2023
Commenting on the daily quota system, Lahore-based journalist, Ali Ramay, tweeted that the challan quota system has been ended in Punjab. “Caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi has ordered to end the system in Lahore and rest of the province,” he wrote, adding that now the performance of wardens will not be evaluated on the number of daily challans.
پنجاب میں چالان کا ٹارگٹ پورا کرنے کی روش ختم۔نگران وزیراعلیٰ پنجاب نے محسن نقوی نے لاہورسمیت پنجاب بھر میں ٹریفک چالان کرنے کا ڈیلی کوٹہ ختم کردیا۔،ٹریفک وارڈنز کی کارکردگی ڈیلی چالان سے مشروط نہیں ہوگی
— Ali Ramay (@AliRamay557) February 7, 2023
Meanwhile, he also shared the details of the amount collected by the police through challans. Quoting a report, Ramay revealed that Rs. 1.5 billion rupees were collected by the traffic police through traffic challans in Lahore last year. “Meanwhile, in only one month of 2023, Lahore police issued 4, 790,000 challans to citizens, collecting Rs. 20 crores,” he further wrote.
ایک رپورٹ کے مطابق نئے سال کے آغاز میں صرف 1 ماہ کے دوران لاہور کی ٹریفک پولیس نے 4 لاکھ 79 ہزار چلان کاٹ کر شہریوں سے 20 کروڑ روپے وصول کیے تھے۔جبکہ پچھلے سال 2022 میں ایک سال کے دوران ڈیڑھ ارب روپے صرف لاہور میں ٹریفک چلان کی مد میں وصول کیے گئے تھے
— Ali Ramay (@AliRamay557) February 7, 2023
Although the amount sounds unrealistic, a media channel’s fact-finding team has confirmed that this statement is accurate. Quoting Chief Traffic Office (CTO) Lahore Mustansar Feroze, the report stated that traffic police issued 37,416,23 tickets last year, and most of them were issued to citizens for riding bikes without a helmet.
Detail of Traffic Challans in Lahore
Here is the detailed report of the tickets issued in 2022:
The list shows that challans were also issued for improper number plates, driving licenses, one-way driving, tinted glasses, wrong parking, use of mobile phones, and emitting smog. Meanwhile, the police registered 7,191 FIRs during the previous year for violation of different traffic regulations.
The Lahore traffic police have been quite active in resolving the traffic problems in the city. The force imposed heavy fines (Rs. 2,000) for driving without a license, parking incorrectly, and violating the one-way rule. Furthermore, the police implemented a digital traffic challan system on important roads and launched a drone monitoring system to keep a bird’s eye view of the traffic flow.
