Jaipur: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has flagged a severe manpower shortage in Jaipur’s traffic police force, finding that the city has just one traffic cop for every 2,377 vehicles.Rajasthan’s traffic police are stretched thin on the roads, with several cities having only a fraction of the personnel needed to keep traffic in check, a CAG audit has found.As per the audit, Jaipur has a vehicle population of 36,76,855 but only 1,547 traffic police personnel, against the required 5,253, leaving a shortfall of 70.55%. This means the city has roughly one traffic cop for every 2,377 vehicles, against the prescribed norm of one for every 700 vehicles.The shortage was 94.89% in Alwar, 88.16% in Tonk, 86.94% in Sri Ganganagar, 86.37% in Udaipur and 84.90% in Dausa, the audit found.The CAG said the shortage was affecting enforcement of traffic rules. The finding assumes greater significance, as traffic violations were the predominant cause of accidents in Rajasthan during 2019-24.The figures were assessed against Bureau of Police Research and Development norms, which prescribe one traffic police officer for every 700 vehicles in ‘A’ class cities, 850 vehicles in ‘B’ class cities and 950 vehicles in ‘C’ class cities.Jaipur, with more than 20 lakh vehicles, falls under the ‘A’ category, while Alwar and Udaipur are ‘B’ class cities and Tonk, Dausa, Sriganganagar and Sirohi are ‘C’ class cities.The state govt accepted the finding and told the CAG in April 2025 that a proposal had been sent to deploy traffic police according to BPR&D norms.