E-Challan Gujarat: How to Pay & Check Status of Your Traffic Police Challan

A challan is released by the traffic police against someone who is found violating the traffic rules. This official document when issued against a vehicle owner makes him/her accountable to pay a fine. The penalty is decided on the basis of violation done by the person. If the challan is generated through the Electronic Challan System, then it is called e-challan. 

Gujarat Police Traffic e-Challan System “VISWAS”

The Gujarat Traffic Police has come up with the “Video Integration and StateWide Advanced Security (VISWAS)” under which more than 7,000 CCTV cameras have been fitted at traffic junctions, entry and exit points and other imperative locations in more than 40 cities of this state. By using CCTV surveillance systems, the traffic police are aiming to keep a check on the traffic violations happening on the roads.

The traffic police are using the synchronised system of CCTV surveillance for detecting traffic violations on the roads. The CCTV footage will act as the evidence after which the challan is sent to the violator. Thus, under the “VISWAS” scheme, the traffic police are working towards maintaining an active traffic management system. Using the CCTV feed, the number plate of vehicles can be checked after which the e-challan is issued.

The CCTV cameras established in various tier 2 and tier 3 cities are not regular cameras, instead, they have many features due to which they serve as “pan-tilt-zoom cameras, fixed cameras, automatic number plate recognition cameras and red-light violation detection cameras”. To say it all, the Gujarat Traffic Police has launched “VISWAS” to detect the traffic violations including illegal parking, jumping red light, using a mobile phone while driving, overspeeding a vehicle, etc.

How to Pay e-Challan Online in Gujarat?

From parking your vehicle in an unapproved place to jumping the red light and crossing the maximum speed limit to not carrying DL and RC, all of them are traffic rules violations for which a person is liable to pay a fine. If found guilty, a person will receive an e-challan either on their mobile phone through SMS or at their registered address. It is always a good idea to pay the fine as soon as possible to avoid any legal actions.

Here are the steps you can follow if you wish to make e-challan payment online in Gujarat:

Step 1: Visit https://echallan.parivahan.gov.in/index/accused-challan

Step 2: Enter your challan number, vehicle number, or DL number on the page

Step 3: Add the Captcha code and click on the ‘Get Detail’ tab

Step 4: A new page will open where you can get every detail about the e-challan

Step 5: Click on ‘Pay Now’ under the Payment column and proceed further

Step 6: Choose the mode of payment from the given options. You can pay through net banking, credit card, or debit card

Step 7: Once the payment is received, a confirmation message will be sent to the registered mobile number

How to Check & Verify Your e-Challan Status Online

In case you have misplaced the e-challan sent to you or deleted the challan SMS received from RTO, you can still get every detail about the traffic challan online. Here are the steps by which you can check and verify the e-challan status online:

Step 1: Visit https://echallan.parivahan.gov.in/

Step 2: Click on the ‘Check Challan Status’ tab on the homepage

Step 3: A new page will open where you need to enter either your DL number or vehicle number

Step 4: In case, there’s no fine and e-challan against you, a Challan Not Found’ dialogue box will open

Step 5: If there’s a pending fine or e-challan against your name, then a page will open that will show you all the details about the challan

Gujarat e-Challan App: Features & Benefits

The government of Gujarat has developed an e-challan app for the convenience of the citizens of this state. All you need to download this app on your smartphone after which every detail about the e-challan is available at your fingertips. The Gujarat e-challan app provides complete information and all the details about both paid as well as pending challans. Only people of Rajkot, Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Vadodara and Surat can check the details about the traffic e-challan using this application and the remaining cities of Gujarat shall be added soon. Here are some of the features and benefits of this app:

• You can check the revised list of traffic fines
• You can easily track your pending e-challan using the vehicle number
• You can get every detail about the e-challan issued against your name
• You can go through the traffic rules and regulations

List of Traffic Violations & Fines in Gujarat

The Government has decided on some traffic police fines against different types of traffic violations for a better implementation of the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act 1988. According to these penalties, a person is liable to pay a fine depending on the type of violation. It should be noted that if a person is found violating the same traffic rule twice, then the penalties are increased for the same. Here are the penalties for some types of traffic rule violations in Gujarat: