Chandigarh MP and former Union Minister Manish Tewari has endorsed the public perception that an extractive and extortive paradigm has been institutionalised through the Intelligent Traffic Management System in the city. From 78,396 in 2020, the count of automated traffic challans went up to 8,46,960 in 2024. "These figures testify... extractive and extortive paradigm", he said.