Telangana - Hyderabad Traffic Police to conduct checks for drunk driving between 12 am and 3 am
The hyderabad municipal traffic police are now conducting checks between midnight and three in the morning in an effort to reduce traffic accidents involving intoxicated drivers that are reported after midnight. According to Additional Commissioner of police (Traffic) G Sudheer Babu, the traffic police stations were instructed to perform regular checks between 12 am and 3 am following reports of late-night traffic accidents. Special teams are locating and checking the high-risk areas that have a history of traffic accidents, particularly those involving intoxicated drivers.
The hyderabad traffic police have detained 13,431 people for driving while intoxicated so far this year, put to jail 1317 of them, and suspended the licences of 243 more. Following court decisions, 53 people had their licences permanently revoked by the road transport authorities. The total fine levied on those who were arrested for drunk driving was Rs 3,21,39,060. Those who are apprehended are required to participate in counselling sessions at the Traffic Training Institute in Goshamahal and Begumpet.