New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- Uttar Pradesh is the state with the highest number of traffic violations caught via the e-challan system and also the one with the largest pool of unrecovered penalties in the country, the Parliament was told on Wednesday.

In fact, Uttar Pradesh has issued 20% of all e-challans issued in the country and when clubbed with Delhi, the two states account for over half of all unpaid traffic fines across states.

Between 2021 and 2026 (till July 30), Uttar Pradesh issued 78.9 million e-challans, followed by Tamil Nadu (63.7 million) and Delhi (47.1 million). Kerala stands fourth in the list with 45.8 million, while Gujarat, fifth, issued 19.9 million e-challans.

Uttar Pradesh ( Rs.113,315 crore, 25.60%) and Delhi ( Rs.110...