Panchkula, Aug. 20 -- Despite relying heavily on automated enforcement, Panchkula traffic police are still forced to manually monitor several major intersections due to a lack of CCTV and automatic challaning cameras. The uncovered locations include Ravidas Chowk, Vigilance Naka, Sector 12/12A and Sector 20/21 dividing roads near the national highway, Sector 20 underbridge, Sector 27/28 T-point near Herbal Park, the dividing road near the working women's hostel, Sector 4/11/12 T-point, Sant Kabir, Sector 26 and the Sector 26/27 T-point.

Notably, most traffic challans in Panchkula are now being issued through CCTV cameras. During the first seven months of the year, 51,444 challans were issued through CCTV cameras, while 11,170 were issued...