Citizens unhappy over ineffective campaign to check drink-driving cases

Citizens and activists claim that the Pune police campaigns against drunk driving has been ineffective. They said the data released by the police of action against 1,152 individuals for drunk driving in the past two and a half years is very less as thousands of youngsters and citizens of different age are seen visiting pubs and hotels across the city. The fatal accident of a minor driving a Porsche car and mowing down two youngsters at Kalyaninagar early Sunday morning has prompted the authorities to take action against drink-driving. Meanwhile, the fatal accident of a minor driving a Porsche car and mowing down two youngsters at Kalyaninagar early Sunday morning has prompted the authorities to take action against drink-driving. Rohidas Pawar, deputy commissioner of police, traffic, said, “Following the directions from Pune police commissioner Amitesh Kumar, the traffic branch has checked 1,255 vehicle drivers and took action against 85 individuals under drink and driving offence and recovered ₹2.28 lakh fine from violators since Sunday.” According to the Motor Vehicles Act of 1988, amended in 2019, if a person is found driving a vehicle beyond the permissible limit of 30 mg per 100 ml in blood, or drugs, they are subject to imprisonment and fines.