Drunk driving continues to pose a threat on the roads across the State. In Pauri district alone, the district police issued challans and seized 40 vehicles from people found driving under the influence of alcohol during the month of December last year.
It should be noted here that the Pauri superintendent of police Rajeev Swarop had instructed all police stations in the district to launch a drive to mitigate road accidents by acting against traffic offenders.
Following this, the Pauri police issued 40 challans for drunk driving in the month of December 2015. During the same period, 32 challans were issued by the police in Haridwar, 31 in Tehri, 13 in Dehradun, seven in Nainital, five in Chamoli and two in Uttarkashi district. The Pauri SP said that in addition to action against drunk driving, the police also conducted checking of vehicles which resulted in collection of `7,30,400 and issuance of 5723 challans for violation of the Motor Vehicles Act.
The police will continue the drive against drunk driving, overloading, speeding and other traffic violations in the district.
For this, the police have set up check posts in Dugadda, Garudchatti, Gumkhal, Sadarkhal, Bubakhal and Pauri town. Swaroop has also appealed to the public to cooperate with the police in order to mitigate road accidents and traffic offences.