News: Gurugram Bike Patrols Deployed as Lane Challans Climb-09-06-2026
Challans for lane violations in Gurugram have more than doubled in two years, according to a response to HT’s RTI: 30,029 in 2023, then 61,790 in 2024 and 79,550 in 2025. Dangerous lane swaps drew 8,601 challans from January to March and 16,175 over the next five weeks, with enhanced camera surveillance behind the jump.
Against this backdrop, officials said Monday that traffic police have placed bike patrols on major highways and begun loudspeaker announcements at key bottlenecks. About 150 personnel are assigned to the Delhi-Gurugram (NH-48), Dwarka, Delhi-Mumbai and Kundli Manesar Palwal (KMP) expressways, riding 60 motorcycles obtained through a CSR initiative, two to a bike. Their job is to keep heavy and commercial goods vehicles in the leftmost lane.
A senior traffic police official, who asked not to be named, said area-wise teams now supplement virtual surveillance to find and ease congestion where irregular traffic and poor lane discipline create bottlenecks.
A study under the district’s "Zero Fatalities" initiative by the Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways (MoRTH) found 32 deaths from dangerous overtaking and zig-zag driving at 11 of 23 crash-prone locations, based on three years of violation records.
Prateek Gehlot, deputy commissioner of police (traffic), said zonal officers must implement the measures without causing congestion, with "special emphasis" on continuous monitoring of crowded areas, major roads, markets and intersections, plus regular awareness campaigns.
