TVRS system making traffic fine paying work easier

By A Staff Reporter,Kathmandu, Apr. 18: An obligation to traffic rules violators to go to the traffic office for paying a fine is slowly coming to an end in most districts across the country with effective implementation of the Traffic Violation Record Software (TVRS). 

The Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office, Ramshahpath, has said that with the introduction of a technological system called TVRS, it was getting easier to collect records and take action every day.

According to Chief of the Traffic Police Office and Deputy Inspector General Poshraj Pokhrel, the software keeps track of the names of the traffic rule violators, their vehicle numbers and the type of offense, and all the records could be accessed by the traffic office in real time. 

The technology was brought into effect from the first day of the new fiscal 2019/20, said Pokhrel. 

DIG Pokhrel said that after the system related to violation of traffic rules and payment of traffic fines came into use, service seekers are freed from the hassles.

Through the system, the traffic police keeps records of the receipt issued for violating various traffic rules and the details of the actions taken. The system automatically determines how much fine the violators should pay. The system will also keep track of the details of the offenders about how many times he/she had violated the rules, he said.

Deputy Inspector General of Police Bhim Prasad Dhakal said, "This system has become important to make the police service more responsive through the use of modern technology in accordance with the goal of institutional development of the Nepal Police Action Plan-2080."

The system has been implemented in 26 districts. Some of the districts include - Sunsari, Jhapa, Morang, Siraha, Parsa, Mahottari, Sindhuli, Kavreplanchok, Makwanpur, Kaski, Tanahun, Nawalparasi East, Rupandehi, Dang, Banke, Surkhet, Salyan, Dailekh, Kailali, Kanchanpur and Doti. 

The police expect that the system will facilitate collecting traffic fines and providing hassle-free services to the offenders. 

From the fiscal year 2019/20 until now, 3.1 million cases of violation of traffic rules have been registered in the system. 

According to the police, a total of Rs. 2.33 billion revenue was collected since then. With the operation of the system, common people have been able to pay traffic fines transparently and conveniently.

The development and monitoring of the TVRS system has been carried out by the Directorate of the Information Technology of the Nepal Police Headquarters. 

Receipt number and license number, blue book, name and other details of the person under action are entered in this system. The person subject to action can pay the revenue for the fine online or by going to a bank branch with the relevant revenue account, said DIG Pokhrel. 

Senior Superintendent of Police Jeevan Kumar Shrestha, Spokesperson for Kathmandu Valley Traffic Police Office, Ramshahpath, said that this system had made it easy to see whether or not a traffic violation had occurred. 

According to him, it had made it easy to identify whether the rule violator was violating it multiple times or not and know their details and identity their documents' location and condition.