Chennai, Nov 2:
The Greater Chennai Traffic Police registered 8,704 cases and collected Rs 7.70 lakh in fines during a special enforcement drive conducted across the city on Saturday as part of a ‘Traffic Violation-Free Day’ initiative.
The drive, ordered by Police Commissioner A Amalraj, was conducted at 88 locations, including 22 busy traffic junctions. Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Samundeeswari, Joint Commissioner Pagalavan and other senior traffic officials supervised the operation. The checks were conducted in two phases, from 9 am to noon and from 4.30 pm to 7.30 pm.
Riding without helmets accounted for the largest number of violations, with 5,700 cases booked. Another 620 cases were registered for improperly fitted number plates, while 680 motorists were booked for driving on no-entry routes. The enforcement drive also targeted signal violations, driving without licences, mobile phone use while driving, failure to wear seat belts, triple riding, insurance violations, defective silencers and drunken driving.
North Chennai recorded the highest number of cases at 3,816, followed by South Chennai with 2,218, West Chennai with 1,920 and East Chennai with 750.
In terms of fine collection, South Chennai topped the list with Rs 3.59 lakh, followed by West Chennai with Rs 1.89 lakh, North Chennai with Rs 1.46 lakh and East Chennai with Rs 60,500.
The police said the intensive checks were aimed at improving road discipline and reducing accidents by ensuring strict compliance with traffic regulations.