Overview
- Delhi Traffic Police issued 11,583 challans on New Year’s Eve, including 868 for drunken driving, reflecting a sharp year-on-year rise in enforcement.
- Parking violations dominated Delhi’s tally with 6,407 penalties, supported by around 20,000 personnel, rotating teams and widespread breathalyser checks.
- Kolkata Police arrested 263 people and recorded 1,301 traffic cases, including 480 helmet offences, 235 triple riding, 178 rash driving and 149 drink driving.
- Kolkata’s operations also seized about four kilograms of illegal firecrackers and nearly 17 litres of illicit liquor.
- Gurugram Police booked 102 motorists for drunk driving with three-month licence suspensions announced, and celebrations were reported as largely peaceful.