As many as 813 drivers’ licences were suspended for drunken driving and 170 more were suspended for other offences by the transport department in October, in the jurisdiction of various RTOs in the City.
This has been done as a part of an ongoing drive to keep tabs on drunken driving.
The transport department officials said that special squads had been formed to carry out random checking of vehicles for pollution, drunken driving, overloading of commercial vehicles, commercial vehicles running without valid permits, among others, in various parts of the City.
The licences are being suspended so as to send a strong message and to curb violations as much as possible, said an official. The department started the drive in March, earlier this year. The licences of first-time offenders who are found drunk while driving are also being suspended under the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act.
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