Driving licences of 1,121 suspended in Kochi in nine months

Driving licences of 1,121 people, booked for assorted violations of postulation rules, person been suspended by the Regional Transport Office, Ernakulam, this twelvemonth till September. The fig suggests a diminution successful cases warranting strict punitive enactment arsenic licences of a full of 3,870 radical were suspended successful 2024.

According to information accessed from the Motor Vehicles department, licences of astir fig of radical were suspended this twelvemonth for causing accidents. A full of 685 licences were suspended successful the archetypal 9 months of the twelvemonth for the offence. The cases were registered nether Section 106 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) which addresses causing decease by negligence, arsenic good arsenic Section 125 which deals with acts endangering quality beingness oregon idiosyncratic safety. Licences of 21 radical were suspended for 1 twelvemonth successful the cases relating to fatal accidents.

Licenses of 415 radical were suspended connected charges of drunk driving till September. The offenders booked for drunk driving see drivers of buses, lorries and cars.

“Licence suspension is often done pursuing proposal from the police, including successful cases relating to drunk driving. Those recommended for the punishment are issued a announcement to look for a proceeding earlier the determination is taken,” an MVD serviceman said.

The information shows an summation successful the fig of licence suspensions successful Ernakulam this twelvemonth and the erstwhile twelvemonth compared to the past fewer years. While 850 licences were suspended successful 2023, the fig stood astatine 452 successful 2022. The figures for 2021 and 2020 were arsenic debased arsenic 362 and 350 respectively.

Officials said the summation successful the numbers reflected stricter surveillance and preventive measures.

Officials said the fig of licence suspension is apt to summation successful the remaining 2 months, particularly successful the aftermath of an ongoing peculiar thrust against reckless driving by backstage buses successful the city, and a imaginable surge successful drunk driving cases towards Christmas and New Year celebrations. The MVD has registered astir 800 cases against autobus operators and unit for assorted offences arsenic portion of the peculiar thrust which started connected October 25.