Odisha: 216 tipplers held for drinking and driving in just one night

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oi-Vicky Nanjappa

Bhubaneswar, Apr 18: At the very least 216 folks have been arrested in varied elements of Odisha for allegedly driving in an inebriated situation, an official stated on Monday.

The arrests had been made and the driving licences of 138 folks suspended throughout a joint drive by the transport division and the state police, he stated, in keeping with information company PTI.

“Of two,600 individuals who underwent breath analyser exams throughout the state on Saturday night time, 251 had been discovered driving after consuming alcohol. Total 216 had been arrested,” the official stated.

At the very least 59 arrests, the best within the particular drive in opposition to ingesting and driving, had been made in Cuttack, adopted by 17 in Subarnapur district.

Regardless of a set of strict legal guidelines and laws, ingesting and driving continued to be one of many main causes for highway accidents within the state, the official stated.

Odisha registered 648 highway accidents in 2020 resulting from ingesting and driving, which claimed the lives of 298 folks, he stated. In line with the Motor Automobiles Act, a first-time offender in case of ingesting and driving will face imprisonment of as much as six months and/or a positive of as much as ₹ 10,000. The second offence, if repeated inside two years, can result in as much as two years of jail time period and/or a positive of ₹ 15,000.

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The authorities had stopped testing folks for alcohol after the Covid outbreak to keep away from an infection, the official stated.

“Because the variety of COVID instances has dropped considerably, now the authorities have began conducting the particular drive in opposition to ingesting and driving,” he added.

(PTI)