Overview
- Bengaluru has deployed nearly 20,000 personnel with AI-enabled cameras, drones, women’s help desks and strict city-center traffic bans on Dec 31–Jan 1, as officials note 3,500 drink-and-drive cases in the past three days.
- Gurugram’s plan fields about 5,400 officers, 78 special checkpoints and venue directives under Section 168 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita requiring pubs and hotels to prevent intoxicated patrons from driving.
- Cyberabad booked 377 drunk-driving cases over the weekend and issued advisories for extensive Dec 31 checks, warning of MV Act penalties and BNS culpable-homicide charges if intoxicated driving causes death.
- Rachakonda reported 300-plus drunk-driving bookings during Dec 22–28 checks, while Indore caught 317 drunk drivers in a surprise operation and Pimpri-Chinchwad detected 365 cases in a week-long drive.
- South African authorities report strong enforcement outputs, including a 40% festive fatality drop in North West, 95 arrests in KwaZulu-Natal roadblocks and more than 1,000 drunk-driving arrests in the Eastern Cape this month.