To replace the decades-old manual system of fining traffic violators in Lahore, Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) Dr Assad Malhi officially launched the digital challan system on Tuesday.
It started as a pilot initiative on The Mall, and after evaluating its success, it will be gradually expanded to the rest of the city.
The busiest thoroughfare in the province capital, The Mall 1, The Mall 2, and The Mall 3, were the primary targets of the digital challans.
CTO Lahore claimed that the use of digital challans would end complaints about fake and fraudulent challans and guarantee transparency.
In this regard, he stated, a specially created App has been downloaded on the traffic wardens’ smartphones, and the general public will receive a challan message.
All the information will be automatically filled in after inputting the ID card number or vehicle number into the app.
He said that numerous government departments have been connected to or associated with the digital mobile phone app.
They comprised the department of excise and taxation, the police crime record office, the anti-vehicle lifting squad, the route permit department, and the database management for fitness certificates.
According to DAWN, the wardens will have access to the traffic offender’s criminal history after entering their CNIC number and will call the police right away to have the traffic offender arrested on the spot if he or she has a criminal history.
