Faceless e-tracking system launched with heavier fines

AI-powered cameras monitor Autobahn, city roads to enforce fines, improve road safety

HYDERABAD:

The faceless e-tracks system has been launched on the recently widened and commercial Autobahn road in Hyderabad, slapping heavier fines for certain traffic violations. DIG Hyderabad Tariq Razzak Dharejo told a press conference that authorities plan to roll out e-ticketing on all of the city's main roads by April 2026.

Flanked by Commissioner Hyderabad Fayaz Hussain Abbassi and other senior officers, the DIG said the system will also be introduced in some other districts within the Hyderabad Police Range over the next 10 days. He added that all systems in Hyderabad and the surrounding districts have been linked with the central AI system in Karachi, ensuring that traffic fines will be generated and issued automatically by the same platform.

"Hyderabad is a big city where a lot of traffic violations occur frequently," Dharejo acknowledged. "This is why we have adopted a phased approach." He informed that over 60 cameras have so far been installed on Autobahn and Hyderabad-Mirpurkhas road in the outskirts of the city. The DIG also stated that approval has been secured to launch the Safe City project in Hyderabad, and work on the initiative is expected to begin soon. A committee of police officials has been formed to assist citizens who report errors in the ticketing system or incorrect fines.

Initially, 18 types of violations will be fined through the faceless e-tracking system. The lowest fine of Rs2,000 will apply to motorbike wrong parking, while the heaviest fine of Rs100,000 will target heavy transport vehicles violating one-way rules, honking unnecessarily, or operating without registration.

For motorbikes, the largest fine of Rs25,000 will be issued for breaking one-way traffic rules, whereas cars and jeeps will face the maximum fine of Rs50,000 if driven without proper registration.