PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/Dehradun
Regional transport officer (Enforcement and Road Safety), Dehradun division Anita Chamola has informed that 68,323 vehicles were issued Challans in the division from April to August in the financial year 2026-27.
She said that in compliance with the instructions of transport commissioner, Uttarakhand, she reviews enforcement work every month of additional regional transport officer (Enforcement), transport tax officer, task force, interceptor team and transport sub-inspector, bike squad of seven offices that is Dehradun, Vikasnagar, Rishikesh, Roorkee, Haridwar, Tehri and Uttarkashi. A review meeting for August was recently held via video conference.
Chamola said that in the review it was found that the division has achieved 100 per cent of the set target. Compared to last year, the number of vehicles issued Challan has increased by 12.82 per cent. Till August, 3,675 vehicles were seized, which is 13.74 per cent higher than last year. A total of Rs 984.84 lakh was realised as compounding fee from April 26 to August 26, an increase of 4.71 per cent.
She said that during the review, enforcement officers were instructed to further increase enforcement action. All ARTOs (Enforcement) are directed to prepare area-wise action plans for road safety checks so that a team remains deployed for checking at all times. For recovery of dues, they were asked to obtain a defaulter list from ARTO (Administration) and issue recovery and demand letters and take strict action.
She said all officers were directed to conduct intensive checking of passenger buses, verify documents and fitness and run drives against drunken driving, over-speeding and overloading. They were also directed to conduct surprise inspections of vehicles, pollution checking centres and rental bikes along with regional inspectors.
Officers were also instructed to organise road safety awareness programmes in schools and colleges, with transport unions and drivers, including training, health check-up camps and first responder training. Other directions were also issued, Chamola informed.
She also added that enforcement officers informed in the meeting that recent changes in e-challan software have reduced its speed, leading to more time in Challan processing and that details of seized vehicles and compounding fees are not clear. NIC has been requested for necessary improvements.
