LUCKNOW, Jan. 10 -- Even as enforcement continued on the ground to ease Lucknow's traffic mess, traffic police maintained an intensified crackdown on Friday, issuing more than 24,000 challans over the past five days, officials said.

The enforcement drive was launched after a massive traffic gridlock paralysed the state capital on the New Year's Day, triggering widespread criticism over traffic mismanagement. The traffic police began a citywide crackdown on January 5, issuing around 7,000 challans in a single day. As many as 5,051 challans were issued on January 6, with a special focus on two-wheelers found violating traffic norms, officials said.

On January 7, enforcement action intensified against prohibited e-rickshaws, auto-rickshaws...