WARANGAL : Traffic police in Warangal are cracking a whip on those driving on the city roads under the influence of alcohol.
As many as 204 cases of drunken driving have been booked in the last one week. In fact, this year till now around 3,279 cases of drunken driving have been booked in the city and about 38 repeated offenders were sent to jail. According to traffic police officials, on an average 20 drunk drivers are caught everyday by police teams who were deployed to randomly check on people all around the city during night. These include drivers caught on weekdays, defying the commonly held belief that drunken driving is a weekend phenomenon.
Police claim that their efforts to bring down the number of fatal accidents turned fruitful after they intensified the checks.
Commissioner of police G Sudheer Babu is taking special interest in bringing down the cases of drunken driving and conducting counselling sessions for the people and family members of those booked under drunken driving cases on regular intervals.
“Strengthening the laws can never be the only solution, people should also make a conscious
effort of not driving in inebriated state,” he says.
According to the commissioner, accidents in the city have come down from 1,278 in 2015 to 1,089 during the current year.
“The decrease in accident cases is the result of police intensifying drive against drunken driving in the city,” he claimed.
Revellers in high spirits should think twice before going on a joy ride after guzzling alcohol in city bars and clubs on December 31 as police might fine them heavily and even send them to jail.
Police will be gearing up to stop people from driving after consuming liquor on December 31. The focus will not just be on the revellers going for joy rides or returning home after drinking, but also on the drivers of commercial vehicles, including trucks and auto rickshaws.