chennai traffic

Chennai's new mobility plan prioritizes institutional reform with the operationalization of Cumta, a coordinating body for transport decisions. This shift from fragmented planning to a formally instituted process, supported by extensive data and public participation, aims to align implementation and improve urban mobility outcomes across the metropolitan region.

Speeding vehicles at Nandanam, Halda and Kathipara junction will have to keep themselves in check after the Greater chennai traffic police installed nine Automatic Number Plate Reading (ANPR) cameras at these junctions on Monday.

The Greater chennai traffic police closed 277 pending drunk driving cases and collected 28.72 lakh in a special drive by making phone calls to violators through call centres.

The Greater chennai traffic Police (GCTP) in a two-day drive against defective number plates have identified and detained 145 vehicles with fake number plates.

chennai traffic police have banned the use of mobile phones by on-duty personnel, following an order issued by additional commissioner R Sudhakar. The order aims to ensure that traffic cops focus on their duties, follow traffic rules strictly, and prevent accidents by continuously monitoring for violators.

In wake of a lukewarm response to the traffic call centre created to collect pending traffic violation dues, the Greater chennai traffic Police (GCTP) put up special checkpoints at 168 places last week to enable violators to pay their dues. Police said 4,083 violators paid their dues and 16,072 cases were closed, with a fine amount of ₹48.59 lakh.

After receiving several complaints that the same personnel were working in a particular area for working more than five years, the chennai traffic police will transfer 1,000 men to different zones.

Anticipating heavy traffic on the roads, the Greater chennai traffic Police have been asked to take charge at all the 400 signals in the city.