Since the launch of Intelligent Traffic Management System (ITMS) on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway in July 2024, it has issued 27.76 lakh e-challans worth INR 470 crore.
According to the data received from the Maharashtra Motor Vehicles Department, of the total, the state has received only INR 51 crore in fines so far. An Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) official said the purpose of the system was to ensure road safety, not to collect revenue.
With 17.2 lakh e-challans issued for overspeeding on the 95-km highway, cars accounted for the highest number of violations. It was followed by heavy goods vehicles with 3.27 lakh e-challans, while buses and heavy passenger vehicles accounted for 2.48 violations. Taxis received 2 lakh e-challans, light goods vehicles 1.2 lakh, medium goods vehicles 85,468, articulated heavy goods vehicles 30,450, and medium passenger buses 14,764.
As per data, most overspeeding cases have been seen in the Khandala Ghat segment, where car speed is restricted to 60 kmph and heavy vehicles to 40 kmph. Elsewhere on the expressway, speeds are restricted to 100 kmph for cars and 80 kmph for heavy vehicles.
According to MSRDC official, the government is planning to raise the limit for heavy vehicles to 45-50 kmph on the ghat’s Pune-Mumbai arm.
ITMS uses 40 gantries, hundreds of CCTV cameras, speed guns, automatic number plate recognition, weigh-in-motion sensors and weather sensors. An operator checks violation reports produced by the system before clearance by Regional Transport Office (RTO) officials.
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