New Delhi

Delhi Traffic Police has issued over 48 lakh challans and registered over 2,100 FIRs for dangerous driving so far this year, while developing eight signal-free corridors and stepping up engineering interventions to improve traffic flow across the national capital, officials said on Friday.

The police said 48.42 lakh challans were issued for various traffic violations during the current year, up from 47.52 lakh during the corresponding period last year. Of these, 17.21 lakh challans were generated through Red-Light Violation Detection (RLVD) and Over Speed Violation Detection (OSVD) systems, a statement of the Delhi Traffic Police read.

As part of efforts to reduce congestion, eight stretches -- six in north Delhi and two in east Delhi -- have been made signal-free by closing redundant traffic signals, removing unauthorised median cuts, providing U-turns and rationalising intersections, it read.

"The corridors include the NSP-Rithala Metro Station stretch and Vikas Marg between Laxmi Nagar and Karkari More," it read.

The traffic police, in coordination with agencies such as the PWD, MCD, NHAI, DMRC and DTC, also undertook engineering measures at several congestion hotspots, including ISBT Kashmere Gate, Majnu Ka Tila, Ashram Chowk, Adhchini village, Anand Vihar and Kalindi Kunj.

It said Project SANGAM, launched on April 3 to encourage citizen participation in traffic management, has so far held 309 stakeholder meetings and received 514 suggestions. Of these, 368 have been implemented, while the remaining have been referred to the concerned agencies.

According to the traffic police, the Road Safety Cell reached over 2.84 lakh school students and more than 15.44 lakh members of the public through awareness campaigns in the first six months of the year.

It also trained over 11,000 DTC drivers and conductors and sensitised more than 12,000 TSR, taxi and e-rickshaw drivers.

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"Ahead of the monsoon, Delhi Traffic Police shared details of 169 waterlogging-prone locations with civic agencies and deployed six disaster management vehicles equipped with motor pumps and tree-cutting machines for emergency response," it read.

Between January and June, 14 traffic police personnel were injured, and one died while performing traffic regulation and enforcement duties, the statement said.