This year so far, 31.49 lakh cases have been booked so far out of which 15.35 lakh cases have been done with the assistance of electronic gadgets. The situation was different in 2007, when digital cameras and surveillance cameras contributed only 3.25 per cent of all cases booked. With a whopping 76.26 lakh violations booked last year, traffic police officers claim the city records the most number of violations across all major cities in the world. Between January and April this year, around half of all traffic violations have been booked with the assistance of surveillance cameras and handheld digital cameras issued to constables. Currently, the traffic police is managing this mammoth task with the help of 331 automated surveillance cameras which are monitored around the clock at the Traffic Management Centre control room.

Source: The Hindu June 10, 2016 00:00 UTC