Overview
- Officials announced a citywide effort to recover long-pending traffic fines, with many challans issued over the past five years and earlier.
- Vehicle owners will have 30 days from receipt of the notice to pay, failing which police will propose licence suspension to the RTO or file cases in court.
- Authorized SMS notices will be sent only to registered mobile numbers between February 26 and March 1 from the sender ID MHPECH-G.
- Payments can be made via the Maharashtra e-challan website, the Pune Traffic Police app, or at traffic division offices using e-challan machines.
- Police cautioned that they will not send APK files and that citizens should not share OTPs, while one outlet reports unpaid dues total more than Rs 410 crore.