Delhi Transport Department To BLACKLIST Vehicles If Challan Unpaid; Here’s What Will Happen Next

Delhi Transport Department is set to blacklist vehicles in the city for those whose challan remains unpaid for five times, pending for over 90 days. What will happen if your vehicle is blacklisted, read to know.

New Delhi: The Indian Capital is an extremely busy city and despite its multiple specialties, if there is one thing that every resident complains about, it is the infamous Delhi Traffic. In the past few years, the Delhi Traffic Police has bec0me more vigilant and it is being made sure that traffic rules are not broken; challans have been imposed which mostly, have to be paid online. However, a major problem faced by authorities is unpaid challan. In a latest update, the Delhi Transport Department has decided that in cases of five unpaid challans with a 90-days pendency, the department will BLACKLIST the vehicles. Under what circumstances will the vehicles be blacklisted and what will happen after that, read to know..

Vehicles To Be BLACKLISTED In Case Of Unpaid Challans

As mentioned earlier, the Delhi Transport Department is set to blacklist the vehicles in cases of unpaid challans. According to the department, if a vehicle owner has not paid more than five challans and they are pending for over 90 days, their vehicle will be blacklisted. This step is being taken to reduce the high number of unpaid fines and cut down this trend.

The vehicle owners will be given a 10-day notice before their vehicles are blacklisted on the Vahan Portal. It has been requested to the National Informatics Centre (NIC) operating the portal to automate the process on the software. The vehicle will be removed from blacklisting after all fines are paid.

Here’s What Will Happen After Blacklisting

In case you have five unpaid challans pending for over 90 days, your vehicle will be blacklisted. After blacklisting, the owners will not be allowed to sell their vehicles, purchase insurance for them or renewing their Pollution-Under-Control (PUC) Certificates. On this decision, Transport Commissioner Ashish Kundra said, “The aim is to enforce traffic discipline among vehicle owners so that public spaces become safer and people are caused minimal inconvenience.”

Another official, who does not wish to be named said, “The decision to blacklist such vehicles was taken during a meeting last month. It was decided that NIC will be requested to make provisions in the software to blacklist defaulting vehicles. NIC said the facility will be available by next week.”