Pramesh S Jain & Yogesh K Porwar
T
he state government has provided another 15-day window with a 50% rebate for penalties on traffic violation cases. The rebate will apply again from March 4, Saturday.
An order issued by Pushpa V S, under secretary in the transport department, said the 50 per cent discount on traffic fines would be applicable for 15 days from Saturday.
Justice B Veerappa,executive chairman of the authority, said in a statement,to media persons As per the request made by the special commissioner (traffic), it was decided to request the state government to extend the 50 per cent concession on pending traffic challan cases for another 15 days from the date of the issuance of the notification by the state government.”
This follows the success of such a rebate window to clear nearly 42 lakh traffic violation backlog cases and mop up over Rs.121 crore in Bengaluru alone during a nine-day window from February 3 to 11.
A meeting was chaired between Karnataka State Legal Services Authority (KSLSA) executive chairman Justice B Veerappa, Bengaluru traffic police commissioner MA Saleem and they decided to extend the offer till March 18.
The rebate window was initiated acting on an advice by the Chairman,Karnataka Legal Services Authority to clear backlog cases and garnered a huge response.
This prompted Bengaluru Traffic Police to write to the state government and Karnataka Legal Services Authority appealing to them to extend the rebate window.
However, the window closed before a decision was taken on February 11.
Bengaluru residents can pay their outstanding penalty fines at local traffic police stations and Bangalore One centres or go on the Bengaluru traffic police website: https://bangaloretrafficpolice.gov.in, whereas those outside of Bengaluru can visit Karnataka One centres or nearest police stations to pay their penalties.
