More than 1,000 fined for drinking in public | Lucknow News
Lucknow: In a stern message against public drinking and hooliganism, the Lucknow police on Wednesday night conducted a special citywide enforcement drive, checking 3,477 people at 181 public places and issuing challans to 1,025 individuals for consuming alcohol in public.“The one-hour drive, conducted between 9 pm and 10 pm on Jan 7, was launched following repeated complaints from residents about people drinking at public places, creating a nuisance, harassing passers-by, especially women, and disrupting traffic,” the police said. “The special operation was carried out by deputy commissioners of police in all zones, who led teams comprising assistant commissioners and station house officers,” said joint commissioner of police (law and order) Babloo Kumar under whose supervision the drive was conducted.
“Police teams carried out intensive checking on roads, in parks, in market areas, at bus stands, at intersections and at other crowded public locations across the city. Officials said action was taken under Section 34 against those found consuming alcohol in public places,” the JCP (L&O) added. Zone-wise data showed the western zone recorded the highest number of challans at 263, followed by the central zone (255), eastern zone (245), southern zone (162) and northern zone (100).Police commissioner Amrendra Kumar Sengar said the drive was aimed at ensuring public safety and maintaining discipline in the city. “In view of repeated complaints from citizens, effective action was taken. Such special drives will continue, and anyone found disturbing law and order at public places will face strict legal action,” he said.
