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In an effort to curb accidents involving drunk drivers, the Nandyal territory constabulary intensified checks against drunk driving and apprehended 1,500 persons driving nether the power of intoxicant successful astir 3 months.
With drunk driving turning retired to beryllium a large origin of accidents and fatalities, the constabulary decided to curb the menace sternly. According to Superintendent of Police (SP) Suneel Sheoran, officers and unit crossed each constabulary presumption limits successful the territory were asked to behaviour checks connected drunk driving. These checks were carried retired astatine cardinal intersections, adjacent schools and colleges, and successful different accident-prone areas.
In the checks conducted betwixt March 1 and May 28, 1,500 drivers were caught and a good of implicit ₹33.93 lakh was imposed connected the violators, portion 17 of them were sent to judicial remand.
According to the SP, 1,190 persons were apprehended successful drunk driving cases successful Nandyal sub-division alone. Of these, fines totalling ₹13.50 lakh were imposed connected 1,187 individuals, portion 3 were sentenced to astir 15 days of imprisonment.
In Allagadda sub-division, 139 persons were detained and a good of ₹3.73 lakh was collected from 136 violators, portion 3 were sentenced to astir 10 days of imprisonment. While successful Dhone sub-division, 60 were caught, fines amounting to ₹3.90 lakh were imposed connected 49 individuals, portion 11 individuals were sentenced to astir 15 days of imprisonment.
Meanwhile, successful Atmakur sub-division, 128 individuals were caught and the tribunal imposed fines totalling ₹12.80 lakh connected the violators.
Though consciousness programmes were held successful colleges and schools, arsenic good arsenic done different mediums, to amended the wide nationalist astir roadworthy safety, accidents proceed to hap often owed to deficiency of behavioural alteration among the people, the SP said.
To forestall roadworthy accidents, the constabulary person identified accident-prone achromatic spots on highways wrong the district. In coordination with assorted authorities departments, measures person been implemented to modulate conveyance speeds, including the installation of halt boards, motion boards, roadworthy reflectors, and velocity breakers successful some agrarian and municipality areas.
