Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police Monday rolled out e-challan for collection of various fees and fines in the twin cities. Director General of Police RP Sharma launched the system at the headquarters of the Commissionerate police here. The cashless system will end the danger of slippages in collection money which will be directly deposited in the bank accounts of the commissionerate police.
“The system will bring in transparency and nip in the bud all allegations of corruption. It is also part of the efforts of the Odisha Police to go digital,” Sharma said. He also urged the citizens to take advantage of the system in their day to day transactions with the police.
HDFC Bank has supplied 30 Point of Sale machines to the police in the first phase of its rollout. It has also prepared a payment gateway and other necessary hardware and software systems required for the effective implementation of the system. Two copies of the receipt with details about the offences, amounts of fine, names of offenders, the nature of receipt, the sections under which the fine or the fees are collected, date and the head of account will be generated. The payer’s copy will be taken as a money receipt.
Both traffic as well as normal police officers will collect fine under various sections of the Cigarette and Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), and MV Act. Fees under the Odisha Urban Police Act (OUP), verification fees, arms license fees, explosive license fees and license fees for the cinema halls will also be collected through e-challans.
The POS machines are integrated to the designated bank accounts of the commissionerate police with the HDFC Bank. “We have supplied 30 POSes in the first phase and another 100 machines will be provided to the commissionerate police soon,” said the regional head of HDFC Bank.
