India, Dec. 9 -- The Regional Transport Office (RTO) has issued e-challans to 3.6 million motorists for violations on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway since July 2024, of which only 15% have been cleared so far, with dues pending up to Rs.600 crore, officials said.

"Until now, we have settled 530 thousand e-challans and have recovered Rs.90 crore from offenders who have breached traffic rules on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway. We are sending reminders and pursuing it with the remaining offenders," said an official from the transport department.

The violations were detected through the Intelligent Traffic Management System (ITMS) installed by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) around 18 months ago. The ITMS system captures ...