Police to launch State-wide special drive against drunk-driving from December 24

5 months ago 1
ARTICLE AD BOX

In an effort to trim the fig of roadworthy accidents caused owed to rash, negligent, and drunk-driving, the State constabulary volition motorboat a State-wide peculiar thrust against erring motorists from December 24 to December 31, up of the New Year celebrations.

In a circular issued by the bureau of the Additional Director General of constabulary (Traffic and Road Safety) connected Saturday, to the heads of the metropolis commissionorates and territory constabulary chiefs, the officials person been directed to instrumentality stringent enactment against motorists driving nether the power of alcohol.

The directive follows a gathering chaired by Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre, erstwhile Supreme Court justice and president of the Supreme Court Committee connected Road Safety, held connected Friday to reappraisal roadworthy information measures successful the State. The committee reportedly observed that incidents of roadworthy accidents caused by drunk-driving thin to emergence importantly during festive and New Year celebrations, starring to an summation successful fatalities and injuries.

In presumption of this, the constabulary person been instructed to intensify enforcement crossed each constabulary units successful the State. According to the order, each portion heads person been directed to guarantee that presumption location officers behaviour a peculiar enforcement thrust successful their jurisdictions. Apart from drunk and thrust cases, the constabulary person been instructed to publication cases against motorists for violations including riding without helmets, driving without spot belts, overspeeding, wheeling, triple-riding, and utilizing mobile phones portion driving.

The peculiar thrust volition beryllium implemented crossed each constabulary commissionerates and territory constabulary units, including Bengaluru metropolis and KGF, nether the supervision of elder officers.

Published - December 22, 2025 07:57 p.m. IST

Read Entire Article