BHOPAL: New Year parties at various locations in the city will end strictly at 10.30pm on Friday. Police have already served notices to hotels and restaurants for the same and the night curfew order will be strictly enforced from 11pm.
City police have made elaborate security arrangements to check drunk driving and any nuisance on city roads. A force of more than 2000 policemen would be deployed at more than 120 checking points across the city. As the Corona cases are on the rise the state government has enforced a night curfew order from 11pm to 5am. Strict action will be taken against those found involved in drunk driving, triple seat riding, stunt riding and creating ruckus on roads during the night curfew.
Additional DCP Ankit Jaiswal said that police have already served notices to New Year party organisers to end the parties by 10.30pm so that people can reach their home before the night curfew is enforced. Breathalysers will not be used but those found indulged in drunk driving would be sent for medical examinations and then booked under relevant sections.
He said that special strong checkpoints will be set up on major junctions and points on city roads on the New Year eve at which 15 police officials at each checkpoint would conduct strict checking. Around 30 special checkpoints have been set up near hotels, restaurants, picnic spots and partying spots.
Apart from that around 100 checkpoints will be spread across the city roads to monitor the situation. Jaiswal said that 14-15 Maitri Women Squad headed by a woman sub-inspector will conduct foot patrolling in busy areas and markets to check eve teasing incidents. Additional DCP (Traffic) Sandeep Dixit said that traffic police teams would be deployed at checkpoints and conduct patrolling.
