Overview
- Delhi issued 868 drunken driving challans after deploying around 20,000 personnel, activating integrated checkpoints with breathalysers, CCTV and ANPR, and restricting vehicle access to Connaught Place after 8 pm.
- Pre-emptive action in Delhi included 697 arrests, 1,252 people bound down under the Delhi Police Act, and 146 vehicles impounded over the 48 hours leading into New Year’s Eve.
- Mumbai stationed more than 17,000 police across key public spots with SRPF, Riot Control Police and Quick Response Teams on duty, and intensified patrols targeting drunk driving.
- Punjab Police placed the province on high alert with over 25,000 personnel, as Lahore’s traffic police assigned 20 DSPs and more than 1,400 wardens, enforced zero tolerance for one-wheeling and aerial firing, and used Safe City cameras to identify violators.
- Rawalpindi deployed over 5,000 officers with more than 70 checkpoints to curb one-wheeling and fireworks, warned of legal action including anti-terrorism cases for aerial firing, and maintained protection for worship services.