“This weekend saw a 27% increase in cases of drink driving considering that we carried 107 motorists for drink driving last weekend. The lonely Park Street area between Loudon Street and Park Circus 7 Point Crossing, this weekend saw 50 cases of drunken driving. 43 were found returning from pubs or restaurants. The rest were found crossing the area while returning from some other places,” said a Lalbazar official.
The easing of restrictions should not result in indiscipline and dangerous driving on the road. The exemption in Kovid does not give a license to mix driving with alcohol.
Incidentally, most of the charges took place between 10.30 pm and 11.30 pm when the motorists were returning home after getting drunk. However, some prosecutions took place even after midnight, indicating that people were still queuing up in bars after 10.30 pm. “A small section of the patrons are probably not paying attention to the fact that the night restrictions are still in place after midnight,” said one east guard Officer.
In fact, nearly 5% of the entire MV Act weekend prosecution was attributable to drunk driving alone. Notably, unlike all other raids that continue throughout the day, drink driving raids only start around 9 a.m. and continue for the next five hours.
Girish was among the other areas reporting significant cases of drunken driving in the Park-Bertola section Sealdah And this Beliaghata: Spread.
Following a spurt in prosecution numbers, police announced a new measure to curb drunken driving. “All the 25 traffic guards have been directed to add provisions for dangerous driving (184 MV Act Rs 5000 fine) for cases of drinking alcohol in excess of the permissible limit. This will force them to pay immediately, even a court will directly decide the fine amount associated with drunken driving,” said DC (traffic) Arijit Sinha.
Police sources said that they want to follow the policy of zero tolerance as there have been three fatal accidents in this period – Wellington, Sulekha and hastings,
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