As 2025 draws to a close, Hyderabad’s tri-commissionerates are sitting on a mountain of unpaid traffic challans, with more than three out of every four of them remain unpaid. Together, Hyderabad, Cyberabad and Rachakonda issued 1.29 crore challans, but over 99.22 lakh remain unpaid.
Hyderabad Commissionerate, which covers the High Court, old city, major bus stations, historic precincts and dense residential pockets, topped the chart both in challans issued as well as those remaining unpaid. It booked 69,27,479 challans up to November 14. Of these, 52,26,323 challans (75.5%) remain pending, reflecting a payment compliance rate of just 24.5%. The financial backlog is equally large, with unpaid challans amounting to ₹187.67 crore. Two-wheelers dominate the violation tally with 51,05,826 cases, followed by 5,14,224 involving three-wheelers and 12,66,395 involving four-wheelers.
Cyberabad, home to the IT cluster, upscale pubs, premium real estate and high-speed corridors, recorded 33,77,684 challans in 2025, with 25,38,152 (75.1%) still unpaid. The unpaid challans here add up to ₹91.71 crore. The violation matrix from January to mid-November lists 81 types of violations, led by wrong parking (10,35,124 cases), wrong-side driving (6,68,150), overspeeding (3,55,609), dangerous driving (2,67,400), obstruction to pedestrian (2,21,410), stopping on carriage way (2,47,273), without helmet (1,29,656), cell phone driving (39,601), drunk driving (14,977) and overloading in goods vehicles (1,136).
Another interesting statistic in Cyberabad is its list of repeat offenders: 65,917 vehicles have 10 or more challans each, with the most notorious one logging 126 challans on a single vehicle.
Rachakonda, which spans a large and diverse geography of farmhouses, gated communities and rapidly growing residential clusters, issued 25,89,477 challans, but has the weakest payment record of the three. Only 4,31,054 challans have been paid, while 21,58,423 (83.4%) remain pending, leaving its compliance rate at just 16.6%. Helmet violations alone make up 17,45,623 cases, followed by wrong-side driving (1,48,984), no-parking violations (2,06,974) drunk driving (16,574), no entry (30,302) cell phone driving (19,902) and driving without a licence (1,29,728).
Here, two-wheelers constitute 21,54,696 cases, while three-wheelers account for 54,896, four-wheelers 3,56,367 and heavy vehicles 25,575.
Across the three commissionerates, a clear pattern emerges: two-wheelers shoulder the bulk of traffic violations, and dangerous habits such as wrong-side driving, overspeeding, riding without helmets and reckless manoeuvres continue to dominate the city’s roads.
With challans continuing to pile up, traffic officials say many commuters are deliberately holding off on payments, hoping for a discount window to settle their dues. “Every commissionerate is trying a different tactic to get people to clear their pending challans in the meantime,” said an officer from Cyberabad, which has begun a door-to-door drive targeting top violators with the highest number of unpaid fines.
Published – November 19, 2025 01:02 am IST
