Tag: Drunken Driving

Drivers often show aggressive behavior while dealing with wrongs of others. They sometimes take ugly turns leading to serious outcomes like quarrels, hurling abuses, physical confrontations leading fatal consequences such as death.

As per government data, drunken driving led to 648 road accidents in the State in 2020 alone which resulted in as many as 298 fatalities. 

Bhubaneswar: As incidents of road mishaps continue to rise, the State government has decided to provide refresher training to all the drivers. According to sources, the government will be bearing the training expenses and drivers have to undergo this 2-day training every 3 months. Moreover, the government has directed the RTOs to conduct flash raids […]

Bhubaneswar: As many as 4,794 cases of drunken driving have been detected in Odisha by May-end this year and driving licences of 3,276 persons suspended in this connection, an official said on Wednesday. Holding a review meeting here, Development Commissioner R. Balakrishnan directed intensification of the drive to check drunken driving and make the initiative […]

Bhubaneswar: Amidst strict enforcement of the Motor Vehicles Act, Director General of Odisha Police BK Sharma on Friday directed all the Superintendents of Police to launch a new drive to put a check on drunken driving across Odisha. Implementing a directive of Supreme Court’s road safety committee, DGP Sharma has directed the SPs to strictly […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha police have arrested 426 people under the influence of alcohol since September 6 under the amended Motor Vehicle Act (MVA). “So far, 426 drunk drivers have been arrested since September 6 in Odisha. Last night, about 5,000 drivers were checked and among them 141 were arrested,” the police said in a statement […]

Cuttack: Even as Odisha is all set to reintroduce stricter implementation of the amended Motor Vehicles Act from December 1, sources said that enforcement drives in the last two months have resulted in a sharp drop in the number of road mishaps across the State. Additional director general of police (Crime Branch) Santosh Upadhyay on […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after the Odisha government extended the relaxation window for enforcement by three more months to facilitate people obtain necessary documents to comply with the new Motor Vehicles Act, the State Transport Authority (STA) on Friday clarified that strict enforcement against dangerous and life threatening actions will continue. In a letter to all […]

Bhubaneswar: It seems that Odisha Police is now on a new mission – ‘zero tolerance’ towards traffic violations especially drunken driving. Going by the figures, Odisha Police has arrested 8,583 persons for drunken driving during special drives launched across the State during the last three months since the implementation of the new Motor Vehicles Act […]

Kolkata: As many as 3,678 people were arrested from different parts of the city on New Year’s Eve for their alleged involvement in various crimes — ranging from disorderly conduct, to drunk driving, and violation of traffic norms — a senior police officer said. Of the 3678, 148 were nabbed under non-bailable charges, 531 for […]

Bhubaneswar: Beware traffic violators! You may lose your driving licence if you are caught driving vehicles under the influence of alcohol or using mobile phones. In a major development, the Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety has directed all State governments to suspend driving license of defaulters on several grounds like violating specified speed limit, […]

Bhubaneswar: Think twice before driving vehicles under the influence of alcohol as your driving license can get suspended. As per the latest notification from the State Transport Authority (STA), the enforcement officers will suspend driving license for three months of offenders for violation of several traffic rules including drunken driving and over-speeding. Other offences which […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha transport department has directed the Commissionerate Police to arrest drunken drivers as per the provisions of MV Act instead of compounding such offences. The direction came in…

Bhubaneswar: As many as 11,064 road accidents were reported across Odisha in 2019, resulting in 5333 fatalities. Though there is a decline in the total number of road mishaps in the State when compared to 11262 accidents in 2018, the accident-related deaths in 2019 have exceeded the previous year’s death count. This is as per […]

Cuttack: The Cuttack RTO on Monday imposed Rs 10,000 penalty on a bus driver for allegedly driving the vehicle in an inebriated condition. The bus was reportedly en route Kolkata from Cuttack. As per the challan issued by the Chauliaganj Police, the blood alcohol level detected in the breath of the driver, identified as Prafulla […]