Hyderabad Registers Over 1,500 Cases Of Drunk Driving On New Year Eve

Hyderabad: Even as no untoward incident happened on New Year celebrations in the city, police have registered over 1,500 cases of drunken driving in the three Commissionerate limits here.

A special drive was conducted by Hyderabad City Traffic Police to curb drunken driving, rash and negligent driving, overspeeding, triple seat riding on two-wheelers and booked 927 persons, including a woman for drunken driving.

Meanwhile, 400 drunken driving cases at 17 checkposts were registered by Traffic officials of Cyberabad Police Commissionerate and Rachakonda Police Commissionerate booked 237 in a similar case.

100 SHE teams were also posted in the city throughout the night to take care of women safety. Armed Interceptor Teams were deployed in all sensitive areas in Hyderabad City to prevent any incidents of violence.

A fine of Rs 4.03 lakh was collected for drunken driving and other traffic violations.