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Thiruvananthapuram: Thiruvananthapuram RTO enforcement has collected Rs 11,34,450 as compounding fees for 1,379 traffic violations in February. And there needs sufficient equipment like reflectors, traffic baton lights and traffic cones to conduct checking during night hours,” added the official. And the fine collection is likely to increase this month, as the staff strength has increased as part of Safe Kerala Project. The number of cases against riding two-wheelers without wearing helmet topped the traffic violations, with 377 cases registered.According to RTO enforcement, this is among the highest amount levied during the drive against traffic violations recently.“It is the stringent enforcing of traffic rules that led to the collection of compounding fees. Most of the cases of school buses with excess number of students were reported at Attingal and Varkala regionThe RTO enforcement plans to conduct awareness programmes on the need to follow traffic rules along with enforcement drives.Meanwhile, the RTO enforcement official also mentioned about the unavailability of the vehicles for enforcement squad and night safety equipment.“Four vehicles are available for enforcement squad and we need four more vehicles..