During the special traffic arrangements of Chandigarh police on Holi festival, 1,330 traffic offenders were challaned while 171 vehicles were impounded by the officials, on Monday.
The statistics of UT police disclosed that 21 people were challaned for drunken driving, 598 for without helmet while 19 people were challaned for dangerous driving.Apart from the huge number of traffic challans, the Police Control Room (PCR) also received a record number of phone calls in one day. As many as 2,364 phone calls were received by the PCR officials on Monday. “The number is approximately double figure of daily routine phone calls which are received by the PCR,” said Roshan lal, DSP, Communication of UT police. Out of the total 2,364 calls, UT police officials attended 458 spots, he added.