Govt. to launch mobile app e-Challan and m-Parivahan

The ministry of road transport and highways will launch two mobile apps - e-Challan and m-Parivahan in the coming week. 

e-Challan is a comprehensive digital solution for transport enforcement and traffic police and is integrated with Vahan and Sarathi applications. e-Challan will provide improved transparency by connecting all stakeholders through a common system and ensuring data integrity; will also provide ease of operations, efficient monitoring through digitization of records that will enhance the visibility of offenders; and overall better traffic management. 

m-Parivahan is a citizen centric app that will facilitate access to various transport related services. The app provides for virtual driving license and registration certificate through back end connection to transport national register. If a vehicle number is entered into the app, it will give full details of the car and the owner including his DL and RC. This will provide a way to check genuineness of a vehicle and driver, help in passenger safety when hiring a driver or when buying a second hand vehicle. However, the user has to be registered so that his credentials can be established. One of the ways of doing this would be through an Aadhar based OTP. 

The app will also facilitate good samaritans through technology. They can report accidents by clicking pictures and reporting  to traffic authorities in states and to RTOs, with the option of hiding their identity if they so wish. They can also report traffic violations. States will be asked to provide linkages to the 108 service for better response. 

The ministry also plans to extend the Highway Advisory System (HAS) that it had launched last year as  a pilot project on Delhi-Jaipur highway for 2,400 km on 12 national highways covering 13 states viz.  Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, West Bengal and Odisha. 

HAS is a free-to-air information distribution system that uses radio to make the travelling experience on national highways safer, faster and hassle-free. HAS control centre collects data, processes  and analyzes it , generates alerts and sends it to be broadcast by All India Radio.