Bhubaneswar: Odisha has collected fine amounting to Rs 88.90 lakh for traffic violations in four days of implementation of the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019.
The Odisha Motor Vehicles Department has issued a total of 4,080 challans against violators of traffic rules collecting Rs 88.90 lakh as fine during the period, reports stated.
Apart from it, the department has seized 46 vehicles so far.
As many as 1,138 challans were issued and Rs 19.4 lakh was collected on September 1, while 499 challans were issued on September 2 and Rs 15.5 lakh penalty amount was collected.
A total of 895 challans were issued against total fine of Rs 24.5 lakh on September 3 while 1548 challans were issued on September 4 with collection of Rs 88.9 lakh.
With this, Odisha has collected the highest fine under the new rules.
Haryana collected second highest fine amount of Rs 52.32 lakh by issuing 3,900 challans against traffic violators.
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