Delhi traffic police issued 8,550 challans during Shab-e-Barat, Holi: Data

The Delhi traffic police issued more than 8550 challans for violation of traffic rules during ShabeBarat and Holi this year according to the official dataMany of those challaned included people who rode motorcycles without helmets and some were also fined for drunk drivingAhead of the festivals the Delhi Police had asked its officials to put a tight leash on stunt bikers during ShabeBarat and Holika Dahan It had cited past events when young men visited India Gate Connaught Place and other areas in New Delhi district and performed dangerous stunts on twowheelers and even on three and fourwheelersThe traffic police claimed that presence of policemen at strategic locations and strict enforcement of laws resulted in reduced fatal accidents on Holi as only five such incidents were reported from the city this year compared to nine in 2022The police said Thursday special teams consisting of 759 traffic police officials were stationed across the city to act against drunken driving over speeding reckless driving and stunt bikingAccording to the official data on ShabeBarat the traffic police issued a total of 908 challans which included 70 challans for drunken driving 109 for triple riding on twowheelers 438 for riding without helmet 22 for driving without seat belt 42 for tinted glass and 227 challans for other trafficrelated violationsAlso read Maharashtra Budget Devendra Fadnavis announces Rs 12000 honorarium for farmersOn Holi 7643 challans were issued They included 559 for drunken driving 698 for triple riding on twowheelers 3410 for riding twowheelers without helmet 312 for driving without seat belts 215 for tinted glass and 2449 for other trafficrelated violations the data showedThe police also said that the tight vigil by them resulted in fewer road accidents on Holi this yearOn the other hand the average number of simple accidents per day in year 2022 was 11 and on the day of Holi it was 17 while on the day of Holi in year 2023 it has been reduced to 7 only which clearly shows a reduction of 58 per cent the police saidSimilarly in case of total accidents there has been a reduction of 20 per cent from 15 to 12 per day while reduction of 43 per cent from 14 to 8 per day in case of persons injured the police addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever