Telangana Govt Launches Drive Special Drive To Collect Traffic Challans; Offers 60-90% Discount

Telangana Traffic Challan Discount:  In a major relief to the people having pending traffic challans against them, the Telangana government on Friday announced a one-time settlement campaign for such cases with heavy discounts. The drive will kickstart on December 26 and will last up to January 10.

For the push carts and the RTC drivers, the government has offered a 90 per cent discount. The owners will have to pay only 10 per cent of the challan amount while the remaining 90 per cent will be waived off.

For two-wheelers and three-wheelers, 80 per cent of the challan amount is waived off. The discount in the case of cars and other light motor vehicles and trucks and other heavy motor vehicles is 60 per cent.

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The Congress, in its election manifesto, had promised to offer a discount on traffic challans to provide relief to vehicle owners.

People have been advised to visit the Telangana traffic e-challan website, check pending challan against their vehicles and pay the discounted amount online. It is estimated that about two crore traffic challans are pending across the state.

Till March 31, 2022, a total of 2.4 crore challans were pending.

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Last year, the then BRS government offered a discount to enable vehicle owners to clear their challans. For two-wheelers, a 75 per cent discount was offered while for the rest of the categories, a 50 per cent challan amount was waived off. The traffic police had earned Rs 300 crore during the 45 days. About 65 per cent of the challans were cleared.

(With IANS inputs)