In 2 years, 6 states issued 1.5k e-challans levying Rs 48 lakh fine for letting kids drive | India News

NEW DELHI: Road transport ministry knowledgeable Rajya Sabha Wednesday that previously two years, 1,497 e-challans imposing Rs 48 lakh as fines had been issued in six states and UTs for the offence of permitting minors to drive autos. As per information entered by states within the e-challan portal, Bihar had the utmost variety of such notices (1,316) issued to oldsters, guardians and car house owners in 2023 and 2024, whereas it was 22 in Delhi.
In a written reply to Congress MP Neeraj Dangi, highway transport minister Nitin Gadkari submitted that as per e-challan database the place states enter the main points,Rs 44.3 lakh penalty was collected in Bihar, adopted by Rs 1.4 lakh in Jammu and Kashmir and Chhattisgarh (Rs 1.3 lakh). In Uttarakhand, 22 challans had been issued in the course of the yr and little over Rs 1 lakh fine was collected. Uttar Pradesh has uploaded solely “one” such e-challan within the central portal with a fine of Rs 23,150.
As per the amended MV Act, proprietor, guardian or mother and father might be held liable for permitting a minor to drive a car, if the offence is dedicated of their data and so they can face fines, jail phrases and cancellation of car registrations. The burden to show that the minor used the car with out their data is on the proprietor, mum or dad and guardian.
In response to the variety of crashes brought on by minor drivers, Gadkari submitted that 11,890 such circumstances have been recorded within the on-line Integrated Road Accidents Data (iRAD) system prior to now two years. Among all states and UTs, Tamil Nadu reported a most of 2,063 such circumstances, adopted by Madhya Pradesh (1,138), Maharashtra (1,067) and UP (935).
Officials mentioned that the state police are imagined to replace the main points on e-challan and iRAD portals developed by the central govt for higher monitoring.