An e-challan from the traffic department may not be a pleasant delivery on anyone’s mobile phone, but it certainly brightened Mithlesh Mandal’s world. For, the ticket took Mandal to his autorickshaw that was stolen three months ago, snatching his only means of survival. Though the vehicle has been stripped of the seat, tyres and the meter, Mandal can’t stop thanking the RTO.

A resident of Jay Bhawani Chawl on the Goregaon Mulund Link Road in Malad West, Mandal received an e-challan on Thursday asking him to pay Rs 500 for parking his auto in a no-parking area near the Bandra rail terminus.