Transport dept to send e-challan notices via WhatsApp chatbot – The Times of India

Lucknow: It’s time to check your mobile phone for any e-challan notices that you may have received from the state transport department’s WhatsApp Chatbot service (8005441222), and pay the amount. The transport department has taken up a massive exercise to realise challans pending for 2024-25. As there are over one-third of total pending challans where the mobile numbers are either wrong or missing in registration details of the vehicles, the department has advised owners to check the status of challans against their vehicles on the parivahan.gov.in portal themselves and make payment to avoid stricter punishment. “Currently, we are sending notices for challans pending for 2024-25. Later, we will start a similar exercise for 2022 and 2023,” transport commissioner Brajesh Narain Singh said. A total of 36 lakh e-challan notices may be sent by the department directly to vehicle owners’ mobile numbers through its WhatsApp chatbot service, which is a blue tick verified service and approved by the central govt, for three financial years starting 2022-23. Over 14 lakh notices will be sent for 2024-25 alone. The biggest defaulters are those who have not provided mobile numbers in vehicle registration details or have given wrong numbers. While notices may not be
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