India, June 9 -- Gurugram traffic police have deployed bike patrol officers on major highways and begun loudspeaker announcements at key bottlenecks to curb lane violations and improve traffic flow, officials said Monday.

Around 150 traffic personnel have been assigned to monitor the Delhi-Gurugram (NH-48), Dwarka, Delhi-Mumbai and Kundli Manesar Palwal (KMP) expressways using 60 two-wheelers procured under a CSR initiative. Two personnel on each motorcycle will continuously patrol arterial roads to ensure heavy and commercial goods vehicles remain in the leftmost lane.

The initiative comes amid a sharp rise in lane violation challans. Response to HT's RTI showed challans increased from 30,029 in 2023 to 61,790 in 2024 and 79,550 in 202...