Bihar Government offers ‘One Time Traffic Challan Settlement Scheme’ for violators

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People having pending postulation challans tin avail the payment of “One Time Traffic Challan Settlement Scheme” nether which they tin get 50% of relaxation successful depositing the challan fee.

The good magnitude for paying the postulation challan volition beryllium taken up astatine Lok Adalat, which volition beryllium held time (May 09) successful each territory of the State, Additional Director General of Police (ADG) (Traffic) Sudhanshu Kumar said portion addressing the property astatine Police Headquarters (PHQ) successful Patna and added that lone 90-day-old e-challans volition beryllium taken up astatine Lok Adalat.

The strategy volition beryllium effectual for challans pending till March 31, 2026, helium said, adding that it volition beryllium successful unit till the extremity of the existent fiscal twelvemonth of 2026-27. 

A quick, elemental and hassle-free process has been made for the outgo of challan, wherever a idiosyncratic tin deposit the good magnitude either successful currency oregon done UPI, ADG said portion asserting that radical should support their conveyance records cleanable and updated. 

He appealed to the conveyance owners to prehend the accidental and get escaped of the good (outstanding postulation challans). Besides, each Deputy Superintendents of Police (DySPs) (Traffic) volition beryllium contiguous successful each territory and actively enactment successful the disposal of postulation challans, Mr. Kumar said.

Talking astir the cardinal government’s ambitious scheme, PM RAHAT (Prime Minister - Road Accident Victims’ Hospitalisation and Assured Treatment) Scheme, Mr. Kumar said that the strategy was launched by the Prime Minister connected February 13, 2026 aimed astatine providing immediate, cashless attraction to roadworthy mishap victims wrong the “golden hour”.

 “I privation to gully people’s attraction towards the information that the adoption complaint of the strategy is precise debased successful Bihar, astir apt due to the fact that of a deficiency of consciousness astir it,” Mr. Kumar said portion adding that the roadworthy mishap victims, nether the scheme, tin avail the installation of getting cashless attraction of up to ₹1.5 lakh. 

The sum volition beryllium disposable for the archetypal 7 days from the day of the accident, helium said and added that the unfortunate volition person to beryllium admitted wrong 24 hours of the mishap successful a designated infirmary covered nether Ayush Bharat PM Jan Arogya Yojana. 

If the unfortunate is hospitalised successful a non-designated hospital, he/she volition beryllium stabilised first. Then, he/she volition beryllium sent to a designated hospital, ADG said, adding that the main nonsubjective of the strategy is to institutionalise the “golden hr exigency care” successful a cashless mode for the roadworthy mishap victims.

The strategy applies to each roadworthy users (pedestrians, passengers, drivers) progressive successful accidents connected immoderate road- nationalist highways, State roads, and metropolis streets, helium said and added that determination are platforms similar eDAR (Electronic Detailed Accident Report) and TMS (Transaction Management System) for smooth, integer assertion processing. 

First of all, the 112 volition beryllium informed astir the roadworthy accidents, which volition usher them to the nearest infirmary and besides pass the constabulary successful this regard, too informing the constabulary astir the accidents. 

Keeping successful caput the problems being faced by owners whose vehicles person met with accidents, ADG said that the conveyance owners person a pugnacious clip successful getting their vehicles released, and hence a directive has been issued nether conception 136 of Motor Vehicle Act, which incorporates the proviso for the merchandise of the conveyance wrong 24 hours aft the completion of the MVI (Motor Vehicle Inspection) report.  

Stating that the conveyance owners bash not person to attack the tribunal for the purpose, helium said that each the Deputy Superintendents of Police (DySP) (Traffic) and Superintendents of Police (Traffic) person been fixed directives for compliance with the proviso to guarantee that conveyance owners bash not look immoderate problems successful getting their vehicles released aft the MVI report.

Published - May 09, 2026 10:42 americium IST

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