Mobile app to alert police on traffic violators

Press Trust of India  |  Coimbatore 

: The city Monday launched a mobile application which will enable the public take photographs of traffic rule violators and upload them to the

The 'Police-E-Eye' is available on Playstore and the public can take pictures which, with time and location, would reach the senior officials.

Based on this, the traffic department would issue photo challans to the violators' place to collect the fine amount.

Launching the app, Sumit Sharan said the public can alert the police on violations, including riders without helmets, triples-riding, buses plying with passengers on footboards and obstructing free flow of traffic.

After downloading the app from Play Store, people should register their first name, last name, enter their mobile number and create a password.

When they try to click a photograph, the app would detect the location, time and date with the help of

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First Published: Mon, January 07 2019. 18:25 IST