Traffic curbs for New Year celebrations

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Dec 30 2013 | 10:53 PM IST
In order to ensure incident-free New Year celebrations, Delhi Traffic Police will deploy 70 teams to check drunken driving while no vehicular traffic will be allowed in inner, middle or outer circle of Connaught Place after 7 PM.
"Traffic police will deploy 70 teams to check drunken driving. Drunken drivers will be fined Rs 2,000 apart from suspension of their driving licences. The defaulters may also get a jail term," Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Anil Shukla said today.
Special pickets will be installed in coordination with area police to check stunt mobike riders, overspeeding apart from reckless, zig-zag and dangerous driving, he said.
Limited parking place will be available near Connaught Place on first-come-first-served basis. Motorists are advised to use alternative routes available for North, South, East and West directions, police said.
According to a traffic advisory, PCR vehicles would also be deployed in Mehrauli, Saket, Vasant Vihar, South Extension, Rajouri Garden, Pitampura, Laxmi Nagar and Mayur Vihar areas from December 31 evening.
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First Published: Dec 30 2013 | 10:53 PM IST

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