HR Police: Gurgoan: नए साल आने में अभी टाइम है, पर शराब पीने वालों की संख्या 50% बढ़ी..

GURGAON: Millennium City is a top hit among party hoppers in NCR when it comes to celebrate New Year. However, with more parties in Gurgaon, more cases of drunk driving are also registered here. While Delhi recorded a decline of more than 20% in cases of drunk driving, party revelers went wild on Gurgaon roads. Traffic cops in the city recorded a whopping 50% increase in the number of drunk driving from last year. Despite prior warnings of zero-tolerance against such violators by cops, as many as 366 drunk drivers were caught during the last week of December.

As part of its initiative to raise awareness, cops had deployed citizen volunteers near pubs and liquor shops in the city. However, efforts of these volunteers went in vain with rash driving cases being reported from all parts of the city. Policemen armed with alcometers (breathalyzers) were out at all major traffic junctions to nab tipsy revelers behind the steering wheel. When asked, DCP (traffic) Bharti Arora said: Drunk driving cases go up during festive seasons. To keep tabs on untoward incidents we had launched this drive. More cops and volunteers were deployed in the east zone, which has high number of pubs and bars. Records of 2010 show a steady increase in drunken driving cases in Gurgaon. While 6930 people were challaned for the offence in 2009, the number jumped to 7,360 in 2010. The city police issued 1.5 lakh challans for traffic violations in 2010. However, the madness on the roads could not be stopped by challans alone.