With an aim to reduce the number of road accidents, the West Bengal government has decided to increase traffic violation fines as per the Motor Vehicles Act, a notification has said.
The Centre had increased the fines in 2019, but the West Bengal government had not imposed them so far considering the "difficulties faced by the common man".
A person driving a car without a licence will have to shell out Rs 5,000, up from the previous fine of Rs 500. Similarly, one driving recklessly with have to pay a fine of up to Rs 4,000, which was Rs 400 earlier, the notification issued by the state Transport Department on Tuesday said.
