The Motor Vehicles Department, Nagaland, introduced the E-Challan service in the state on December 15 as part of efforts to strengthen digital governance and improve traffic management. The service was launched at the District Transport Office in Dimapur.
The program was formally inaugurated by Commissioner and Secretary, Transport Department, Robert Longchari, who attended as the special guest. Addressing the gathering, Longchari appreciated the Traffic Police, Home Department and the National Informatics Centre for their coordination and partnership in implementing the E-Challan platform in Nagaland. He said cooperation among line departments was essential for the successful rollout and effective enforcement of the system.
Highlighting the advantages of the digital platform, Longchari said the E-Challan system eliminates cash transactions and reduces the scope for manipulation.
He added that it would enhance transparency, efficiency and accountability, while offering greater convenience to citizens through technology enabled enforcement mechanisms.
He said the introduction of the E-Challan service would contribute to safer roads, as traffic violations would be detected, recorded and tracked electronically. According to him, this is expected to encourage responsible driving behavior and improve compliance with traffic regulations.
Longchari also informed that the government plans to extend the E-Challan system to all districts in the future. He spoke about proposals to integrate automatic cameras and strengthen data collection to support evidence based policy making in the transport sector. He said the initiative would generate revenue for the state, enhance digital transport governance, make the system more citizen-friendly and contribute towards the vision of Viksit Nagaland.
Senior Technical Director and State Informatics Officer, NIC, Lanusungkum Aier, in his keynote address traced the evolution of transport digitization over the past two decades, beginning with the Sarathi and Vahan applications and later moving towards an integrated digital platform. He said the E-Challan system, initiated in 2015, is now operational in 33 states, with Nagaland becoming the 34th state to adopt it. Aier explained that the National E-Challan Project is a software application developed by the National Informatics Centre under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, in compliance with the Central Motor Vehicles Act 1988 and Rules 1989. The system enables traffic enforcement officers to issue electronically generated fine slips, replacing the conventional paper based challan process.
The program was chaired by Deputy Transport Commissioner Yaongsanglee Chang, while the vote of thanks was delivered by Transport Commissioner Elias T Lotha.
(With DIPR inputs)
