Strict action for New Year violations; special drunk driving checks from Wednesday

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Hyderabad Police Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar chairing a video league  with field-level officers astatine  the Telangana Integrated Command Control Centre successful  Banjara Hills.

Hyderabad Police Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar chairing a video league with field-level officers astatine the Telangana Integrated Command Control Centre successful Banjara Hills. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement

Warning that determination would beryllium nary leniency for excesses successful the sanction of New Year celebrations, Hyderabad Police Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar connected Tuesday announced peculiar city-wide enforcement drives, including intensified drunk driving checks from Wednesday till New Year’s Day.

Chairing a video league with field-level officers astatine the Telangana Integrated Command Control Centre successful Banjara Hills, the Commissioner said strict enactment would beryllium taken against those creating disturbances connected roads, indulging successful rash driving, racing oregon wheeling, oregon violating nationalist bid during the festive period. He said recovered driving nether the power of intoxicant would look conveyance seizure, a good of ₹10,000, six-month jailhouse word and adjacent imperishable cancellation of driving licences.

As portion of the New Year enforcement plan, drunk driving checks volition beryllium conducted astatine 100 locations crossed the metropolis connected the nighttime of December 31, with 7 further platoons deployed for the purpose. The Commissioner advised revellers attending parties to put for designated drivers oregon usage cab services.

Reviewing information arrangements for Christmas, Vaikuntha Ekadashi and New Year celebrations, Mr.Sajjanar directed officers to guarantee robust bandobast crossed the city. He instructed that unit beryllium deployed successful delicate locations, transgression hotspots based connected past information and crowded areas, portion maintaining continuous surveillance connected known offenders to forestall untoward incidents.

Clear guidelines were besides issued to establishments hosting celebrations. The Commissioner said New Year events astatine pubs and three-star and supra hotels would beryllium permitted lone until 1 a.m. connected December 31 night. Sound contamination norms indispensable beryllium strictly adhered to, failing which dependable systems would beryllium seized. He warned that venue managements would beryllium held liable if ganja oregon different narcotics were used, oregon if obscene performances were allowed, and that licences would beryllium cancelled and transgression cases registered successful specified instances.

Emphasising women’s safety, the authoritative said 15 SHE Teams successful plain apparel would intimately show crowded areas, enactment venues and large junctions. Anyone recovered behaving indecently towards women would beryllium arrested immediately, helium said.

Stating that New Year celebrations should stay “sweet memories and not bitter experiences”, Mr.Sajjanar appealed to citizens to respect the instrumentality and usher successful 2026 safely.

The video league was attended by Additional Commissioner of Police (Crimes) M. Srinivasulu and respective Deputy Commissioners of Police, on with different elder officials of the Hyderabad constabulary commissionerate.

Published - December 24, 2025 02:19 americium IST

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