Ghaziabad, April 22 -- In a significant shake-up of traffic enforcement practices, newly appointed Ghaziabad commissioner of police (CP) J Ravinder Goud has withdrawn challan-issuing powers from traffic head constables with immediate effect, redirecting them to focus solely on monitoring and regulating vehicular flow across the district.

The move comes in response to rising public complaints and concerns over misuse of powers and traffic mismanagement. "It was, in a sense, misuse of powers, and the public was feeling helpless due to high volumes of challans. Further, the traffic was also getting affected. This created public issues, and complaints were also received. So, it was decided that the power to issue challans by head constables ...