Kolkata Police Offers Discount On Fines Incurred For Traffic Violations, 4.75 Lakh Pending Cases Cleared In Four Days

In just four days of launching a discount scheme, Kolkata Traffic Police has cleared 4.75 lakh pending cases pertaining to traffic violations, Indian Express has reported.

According to the report, the ‘One Time Traffic Fine Settlement Scheme’ was launched on 1 December to make it easy for people to clear their past cases by paying a discounted fine.

“In the last four days, 4.75 lakh cases have been disposed of. These cases were pending for long. It is first of its kind that such a scheme has been introduced.” Mitesh Jain, Joint commissioner of police (Traffic) told the paper.

He added that the offer was extended only for the cases registered till 15 November.

As per the report, an amount of Rs 1.56 crore has been paid by people in the last few days as a result.

The scheme is divided into two phases. The first phase, which started from 1 December and will end on 14 January, allows people to clear their fines by paying only 35 per cent of the total dues.

In the second phase beginning on 15 January, 50 per cent of the fine amount would have to be paid to clear the pending dues. The second phase will end on 13 February, after which people will have to pay the original amount to clear the cases.

Under this scheme, the fine amount can be paid either through online or offline mode. Kolkata police website facilitates the online disposal of dues while offline payments can be done at the counters in 25 traffic guards of the city police and at their headquarters in Lalbazar.