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The Departments of Transport and Police jointly organised a peculiar postulation checkpoint astatine the Horsley Hills tollgate adjacent Madanapalle successful the Annamayya territory connected Monday (June 22, 2026), arsenic portion of an intensive thrust to guarantee the information of tourists visiting the fashionable elevation resort.
The inaugural was launched to forestall postulation violations connected the ghat roadworthy and amerciable proscription of liquor to the elevation station.
District Transport Officer D. Ashok Pratap Rao told the media that the checkpoint had been established to negociate the increasing tourer footfall, peculiarly families arriving during weekends and holidays. “The peculiar information measures are aimed astatine maintaining a safe, peaceful, and visitor-friendly ambiance astatine Horsley Hills without causing inconvenience to tourists,” helium said.
As portion of the initiative, officials checked vehicles for triple riding, riding without helmets, drunken driving, and proscription of liquor. “Strict enactment volition beryllium initiated against motorists recovered violating roadworthy information rules oregon attempting to transportation liquor into the tourer destination,” Mr. Ashok Pratap said.
The Police and Transport Department officials jointly conducted the inspections astatine the tollgate and monitored vehicles entering the ghat roadworthy starring to the elevation station.
The DTO said that cases had been registered against 16 vehicles during the enforcement drive, and fines amounting to ₹37,800 had been collected from violators. The authoritative appealed to the tourists to cooperate with the checking teams and travel postulation regulations. “We impulse tourists to deterioration helmets, debar triple riding, and refrain from drunken driving, portion besides ensuring that their behaviour does not inconvenience different families visiting Horsley Hills,” helium said.
