Ggn cops mean business, issue over 14K challans

Nearly 14,900 tickets for traffic offences were served by police here in 14 hours on Wednesday, setting a one-day record in the country.

The fines were part of an intensive traffic drive after police decided to mark “Zero Tolerance Day”.

No one was spared — even Gurgaon Mayor Vimal Yadav was flagged down near Hero Honda Chowk here on Wednesday evening.

Yadav was ticketed for not wearing a seat-belt. The drive started at 8 a.m. and involved nearly 300 cops deployed at 100 spots.

“Delhi Police served 13,000 fines in 2014 while Bengaluru police’s record was over 12,000 ‘challans’ in a day. Now, Gurgaon breaks all records and deserves a place in Limca Book of Records,” Ashok Bakshi, Gurgaon’s assistant commissioner of police (traffic), said.

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Bakshi said that on a normal day, the number of ‘challans’ issued are in the range of 1,000-1,500. 

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