Delhi Police issues over 300 drunk driving challan on New Year's Eve, 12 times increase than 2022

Delhi Police issued more than 300 challans for drunk driving in the capital on New Year's Eve, a more than 12-fold rise from the previous year, reports sources. 

A total of 1,329 challans were issued for committing different traffic infractions, according to the police's official data.

A total of 318 persons received fines for drunk driving, 175 for reckless driving, 55 for driving on the wrong side of the road, 47 for triple riding, 70 for minor driving, and 664 for driving without a helmet, according to the report. Additionally, 53 cars were immediately confiscated.

Traffic police deployed 114 teams, armed with breath analyzers, to check drunk driving on Saturday, they said. 

Special pickets were also set up to check stunts on motorcycles, speeding, and reckless driving in coordination with local police and PCR at major points in Connaught Place, Mehrauli, Saket, Nehru Place, Vasant Vihar, South-Extension, Rajouri Garden, Pitampura, Netaji Subhash Place, Laxmi Nagar, Mayur Vihar and so on, police said.

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To keep a check on traffic violations, teams were deployed at various points during the last three days of 2022, police said.

Since December 29, a special drive was carried out in Delhi, and a total of 3,830 people were issued challans for committing various traffic violations.