The scare of coronavirus seems to have taken a toll on the festival of colours this year as people took utmost care not to venture out.
The impact was visible in areas of prosecution for violations, including flouting of traffic rules, that saw a drastic fall. On the day of Holi, police received 8,667 PCR calls as compared to last year’s 18,798,
Taking it to its twitter handle, the Delhi Police wrote, “There was strong and visible presence of Delhi Police on Holi on the streets of Delhi. It was celebrated much more peacefully as compared to last year.”
“The calls to PCR drastically reduced to 8,667 as it was 18,798 last year. The Delhi Police appreciates the cooperation of residents of Delhi for peaceful Holi,” said the Delhi Police in its another tweet.
“Over 600 challans were issued for drunken driving in the national Capital on Holi. A total of 647 challans were issued for drunken driving, 181 for triple riding, 1,192 for not wearing helmets and 156 for dangerous driving on Tuesday,” said Anil Mittal, Additional Public Relation Officer (APRO) Delhi Police.
Meanwhile, Delhi Police Commissioner SN Srivastva on Holi visited and met the field functionaries deployed across the national Capital to maintain law and order situation. According to police, more than 170 traffic pickets, including 131 integrated checking pickets involving Traffic Police, District Police and PCR staff were put up to check unruly and dangerous driving. Apart from this, a large number of woman staff was also deployed in and around North and South campus area to check Holi revellers.
On Holi, the CP also met Police Mitras and Members of the Aman Committee in North-East district.