LAHORE: The Punjab Safe Cities Authority has announced introduction of an online portal for e-challans for the ease of public.

According to a handout, citizens can now access the portal at “echallan.psca.gop.pk” and by giving their vehicle registration number and CNIC they can view and print e-challans, if any, issued to them.

COO PSCA Akbar Nasir Khan in a press conference held at authority’s headquarters in Qurban Lines on Saturday said since its beginning, PSCA issued 87,000 e-challans so far and the collection of the same amounted to Rs11 million. The PSCA has notified excise and taxation department about more than 9,000 vehicles record for correction so far.

Since Sept 23, over 1,000 vehicles have been blacklisted for displaying fake registration numbers; over 100 impounded in police stations for further proceedings. More than 800 e-challans of traffic violation is Lahore have been paid in BoP branches across Punjab. PSCA is poised to include speeding and one-way violations in its imminent e-challaning phase.

The defaulters of e-challans will be apprehended through ground teams and seized vehicles will be released only after settlement of the amounts.

Published in Dawn, October 21st, 2018