India, Dec. 14 -- The rise in traffic challans this year is aimed at stricter enforcement of road safety norms and not at "penalising commuters" or "boosting revenues", officials said on Saturday.

Addressing HT's' first residents' welfare association (RWA) interaction programme, organised to bridge the gap between traffic police and residents, Gurugram assistant commissioner of police (ACP) (traffic HQ and highways) Satyapal Yadav said the 1.5 times increase in challans compared to last year was meant to improve public's compliance with traffic rules.

"There is a misconception among the public that more challans are being issued to boost revenue. However, many commuters start following rules only after they are made aware or penalised f...