STA to take stern action against traffic rules violators

Cuttack: The State Transport Authority (STA) will take strict action against traffic rule violators in Odisha. Especially, strict actions will be taken against the vehicles with more than five non-paid challans. This was informed by Lal Mohan Sethi, Additional Commissioner, Enforcement, of the Transport Department.

As per reports, So far, the Transport Department has identified more than ten thousand such vehicles in the state that have unpaid challans.

If the challan amount is not deposited within 15 days of receiving the notice, the transport department will cancel the registration, Sethi said.

The Transport Department will get information about the violators through the E-detection system installed at the toll gates.

In the initial phase, notices have been issued on a total of two hundred vehicles till today.