Traffic police to intensify drunk driving checks across Hyderabad on 31st December

The traffic police will be intensifying its drunk driving checks across all important areas of the city on the eve of New Year.

Across all the three commissionerates, the police will be setting up check-posts to conduct checks on motorists. The police are more determined to ensure that no accident occurs due to drunk driving on the December 31 night. Already, the traffic police have identified certain spots where there were instances of rash and negligent driving and special focus will be kept in these spots.

A senior official of Hyderabad traffic police said



they would be out on the roads in full strength and will be assisted by the policemen from other wings as well. “No person found to be driving in inebriated condition will be spared. Cases will be booked at any cost against the errant drivers,” the official warned.

The police, along with the other departments concerned, will form special teams to check drug peddling and illegal activities at pubs and bars in the city. This apart, police pickets will be posted at important public places where crowds gather for celebrations.