2,756 booked for drunken driving in Haryana

The Haryana traffic police have fined 2,756 people for drunken driving in the last three months.

The Haryana traffic police have fined 2,756 people for drunken driving in the last three months, a police spokesman said on Thursday.

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The tickets were issued during a special campaign to curb drunken driving and reduce accidents on highways in the state, the spokesman said.

The traffic police had set up a check post at the toll plaza on National Highway (NH) No. 1 near Karnal town, 120 km from here.

The spokesman said that Rs.1.27 million had been recovered as penalty from 2,204 drivers who were caught driving drunk.

A court in Karnal was handling 552 more cases.