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Drunken driving: 69 nabbed

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Posted: Feb 06, 2008 at 2248 hrs IST

Pune, February 5 In the wake of rising number of accidents on highways, the Pune rural police recently conducted a three-day drive against the drunken drivers and filed cases against 69 people for driving under the influence of alcohol.

The rural police also claimed to have taken action against 1,247 people for not wearing helmets while driving. Offences were also lodged against 331 overloaded trucks, 5,361 illegal public transporters and 77,475 other vehicles for violating the traffic rules in the year 2007.

A fine of Rs 1.53 crore was recovered from the offenders. The rural police have warned that more severe action will be taken in 2008. Police have appealed the people to follow the traffic rules strictly for avoiding road mishaps.

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