Bhopal: The traffic rule violations figures detected by hi-tech traffic monitoring agency of Bhopal smart city development corporation limited (BSCDCL) since it started issuing challan is contrary to the tall claims made by it during its trial period when it identified violations in the range of more than three thousand in a day.
Till Tuesday evening 354 traffic violations including violations like over speeding and signal jumping were detected while only186 challans were issued by the ITMS. According to experts the drastic difference in detected number of traffic violations during the trial period and that of now when the agency has actually started issuing challan indicate two things, either people have learnt that they are being watched or the mechanism is inefficient to the extent that only 10 per cent of violators are being issued challan.
It is perhaps best to term the method adopted by the intelligent traffic management system (ITMS) to issue challans as random said an expert. The system was inagurated on May 8. It started issuing challan on Monday.
Ease, relief or negligence
The ITMS since its inauguration on May 8, had not issued even a single challan for next twenty days, claiming that the people need to get acquainted with the technology. Now that it has started issuing challan it is intriguing that why it is tolerating certain violations while issuing challans to others. So far it has not issued even a single challan for helmet less drivers or against those who are riding four wheelers without wearing a seat belt.
Duplication, whiter smartness?
The hi-tech traffic monitoring system has failed to provide any relief to the traffic police personnel. The city police are yet to withdraw manual policing from the areas where the smart cameras are supposed to act on their behalf. Deputy inspector general (DIG) Bhopal Dharmendra Chowdhary said , “People are still unaware of the new system and we need to keep manual policing on”.He added, “ People should first learn to abide by the law only then the need of manual policing will cease to exist.”
