Chandigarh Police penalised 311 people in the city on the day of Holi for not following traffic rules. Police erected check posts twice a day, first from 11 am to 2 pm, during which a total of 213 challans were issued to the violators by the traffic police.
Of these, 22 were of drunken driving, 32 were of black film on cars and 159 challans were issued for miscellaneous traffic violations under Motor vehicle Act, whereas 34 vehicles were also impounded during the check posts. Traffic Police also collected revenue of Rs16,800.
In the second slot of checking, 98 challans were issued. Among these 50 were issued for drunken driving alone with 50 vehicles being impounded.
PCR also received 422 calls for which PCR vehicle were dispatched for police assistance which was almost twice the average call rate of a single day.