Jammu and Kashmir traffic police has launched a special drive against drunken driving across the state ahead of New Year celebrations, with many squads deputed at various intersections along with breath analysers.
The traffic police has launched a special drive against drunken driving across the state and different squads are deputed along with breath analysers at prominent places on national highways as well as in close vicinity of busy places like clubs, pubs, hotels and restaurants, particularly during New Year celebrations, IGP Traffic, Viplav Kumar said here today.
He said that the traffic headquarters were taking strenuous efforts to ensure strict compliance of traffic rules in order to ensure better traffic management in the state.
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He said that besides taking preventive measures, punitive action will be taken against errant drivers to check the menace of traffic violations.
A series of measures has already been initiated to bring awareness among the road users and penalize the violaters, said the IGP, urging the people not to drive under influence.
Kuamar said that Supreme Court of India has recently issued directions to the stakeholders for strict action against driving under influence of alcohol and drugs.
It was observed that any action taken cannot be effective as long as the driving licences remain with the violators. Thus it has been decided that the traffic police should take possession of the licence of person driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol and forward it to Transport Authorities or Regional Transport Officer concerned, who would suspend the licence for three months, the IGP said.
