Accident-free New Year’s Eve across Hyderabad; Police book 2,883 for drunk-driving

Hyderabad, Cyberabad and Rachakonda police book 2,883 for drunk driving on New Year's Eve, with strict vigilance ensuring incident-free celebrations.

Police booked 2,883 individuals for drunk driving on the night of December 31, 2024 across Hyderabad, which is less than 3,001 cases booked in 2023 on the corresponding day. Amid strict vigilance, the city reported incident-free New Year’s Eve celebrations.

The drunk driving checks began at 8 p.m. with the traffic and law and order police setting up checkposts at several junctions and flyovers.

According to the traffic heads of the tri-commissisonerates, a total of 1,425 people were booked for drunken driving in Hyderabad, 839 in Cyberabad, and 619 in Rachakonda.

Among the 619 caught in Rachakonda, 526 were two-wheelers, 64 four wheelers, 26 three wheelers and three were lorry or truck drivers. The majority of the violators were in LB Nagar (232) and Malkajgiri (230). Out of the total booked, 262 were between the age group of 21 and 3; 12 cases for those aged 18 to 20 years; five cases for offenders above 60 years and two cases involved individuals below 18 years of age.

Over 5,000 officials were deployed for conducting drunken driving checks. The commissionerate recorded the highest Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) level of 339, while majority of cases (297) were booked in the 51-100 mg/dL range, Rachakonda DCP Traffic –1 S. Malla Reddy said.

Over 199 persons were found to have blood alcohol levels (BAC) of more than 100 mg/dL while three were found to have BAC in excess of 300 mg/dL. Interestingly, all those booked in Rachakonda were male drivers.

The violators will be produced in court in due course of time after filing charge-sheets. Their driving licences would be seized and sent to the Road Transport Authority concerned for suspension as per Section 19 of the MV Act, 1988, the traffic officials said.