Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Oct 28: Minister of State for Transport (Independent charge) Sunil Kumar Sharma inaugurated the e-challaning facility at Traffic Police City Srinagar here in summer capital.
Speaking on the occasion, Sharma complimented J&K Police for launching e-challaning and termed it a big achievement in shortest possible time. Hailing the role of Traffic Police in managing high traffic despite manpower constraints, the Minister said that he has himself seen the IGP Traffic Police and other senior officers on roads managing the traffic. He said there is perfect coordination between the Traffic Police and the Traffic Department.
He said that Union Government approved projects such as integrated Traffic Management System, Driving Institutes and Integrated Certificate Centres for Jammu as well as Srinagar will go a long way in enhancing the capacity of Department of Transport and Traffic police.
Earlier in his welcome address, SSP Traffic City Srinagar Tahir Saleem Khan highlighted features of e-challaning devices like Offline challaning and e-Payment. He said that 20 such devices are being distributed. Vishal Mahajan from IT wing of SICOP gave resume of technicalities and integrating features of e-challaning devices.