Overview
- Hyderabad police booked 2,731 motorists for drunk driving on New Year’s Eve, a 5% drop from last year, deploying about 1,000 traffic personnel across 217 junctions as two unrelated fatal crashes were reported in the wider metro.
- Cyberabad recorded 928 drunk-driving cases with 55 teams on duty, most involving two-wheelers, and police moved to seize licences for suspension; one fatal crash was reported but was not linked to celebrations.
- Delhi issued 868 drink-driving challans after all-night breathalyser checks, backed by a 20,000-strong deployment, CCTV monitoring, rotating checkpoints and restrictions around Connaught Place.
- KwaZulu-Natal authorities in South Africa reported about 2,800 drunk-driving arrests since mid-December and cited a 9% decline in fatalities and a roughly 6% fall in crashes during festive operations.
- Large forces and zero-tolerance plans were activated in multiple hubs, including 17,000 personnel in Mumbai, Safe City camera-led stunt crackdowns in Lahore and Rawalpindi, and multi-agency DUI task forces in Harris County, Texas with on-site judges, prosecutors and medical staff.