Since the launch of a campaign by Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey to instill road discipline into vehicle owners and drivers, traffic cops have hit what we can only call a grim milestone. They have acted against over five lakh traffic rule violators in just two months. While this initiative was aimed at curbing wrong-side driving, it also extended to punishing helmetless bikers and removing abandoned vehicles from city roads.

In a report, where data spoke louder than words, numbers showed that between March 6 and May 7, traffic police booked 10,931 motorists for driving on the wrong side. A top official stated that they are not only issuing challans against the wrong-side riders but also taking them to the police station to register FIRs under various sections of the Indian Penal Code to ensure that the violators don’t repeat it again. Police stations are registering 5-7 FIRs daily based on complaints by traffic officers.