In order to add convenience and easy accessibility for the motorists, Punjab Safe Cities Authority (PSCA) has added three more banks HBL, MCB, and UBL to its receipts of e-challan payments.
E-challan system in Punjab is working efficiently to ensure everyone abides by the traffic rules. The motorists have also developed a much better sense of following the rules as the cameras are keeping an eye on every vehicle on the road, anyway. Punjab Safe Cities Authority (PSCA), on the other hand, has widened its network of e-challan payment gateways. Initially, only cash counters of National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) were used for the payment of e-challan receipts. Later on, the authority signed an agreement with the Bank of Punjab (BOP) which made it convenient for the citizens to submit the e-challan receipts to their nearby branch of the above-mentioned banks. In its another move to further simplify the submission of fines, PSCA has added HBL, MCB, and UBL to its panel. Note here that the citizens can go to any branch of these banks to submit their e-challan.
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The spokesman of Punjab Safe Cities Authority told that adding more banks would allow a smooth flow of the process. In addition to the e-challan payment facility at any branch of these banks, the citizens will also get the facility of paying their respective fine amount via Android application and ATM transfer. The new receipts of e-challan have added HBL, MCB, and UBL to its list as well. All the motorists can check the status of their e-challan accounts by entering their CNIC and vehicle registration number on the web portal echallan.psca.gop.pk.
The most common type of violation observed in this particular e-challan fine system has been crossing the signal on the red light by a majority of motorbike riders. Although the roads in cities like Lahore doesn’t allow you to speed up too much due to ever-increasing traffic congestion but violating the speed-limits has also been observed very commonly. Just a reminder that the allowed speed-limit inside the city is 60 km/h for LTV and 40 km/h for HTV except for Canal road where the light traffic may speed up to 70 km/h. In comparison to previous times, e-challan has certainly made an impact in terms of forcing the citizens to follow traffic rules else pay a fine every time they violate the rules.
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