Educate youth, fine repeat violators

Police have failed to take issue seriously

Many road accidents occur in city daily due to drunken driving. In most of these cases, youth, under the influence of drugs, drive recklessly, thus endangering not only their own life but also of others. There are sufficient laws to punish those who resort to drunken driving. But unfortunately, the police do not seem to take a serious view of the offence. It may due to lack of adequate police personnel for checking duty or lack of alco-metres, devices used to know the amount of alcohol consumed by a person.

Gurmeet Singh

Cops must conduct random checks 

Human life is precious and no one can be allowed to lose life and limbs in road accidents. The police should adopt a multi-pronged policy to curb the drunken-driving menace. Firstly, serious efforts needs to be made to educate youth of consequences of road accidents due to drunken driving. Secondly, if this fails to tackle the menace, those resorting to drunken-driving must be imposed heavy penalties to deter them from committing the offence again. The police should conduct random checks, especially in the evening hours, to nab and punish the violators. In a nutshell, all of us should join hands to make sure that our youth do not violate the spirit of laws.  

Prof NK Gosain

Peope, ngos must come together

Road accidents, on account of drunken driving, are taking place almost everyday. There is an urgent need to minimise the occurrence. There seems to be no check on those who resort to drunken driving and increase chances of road accidents. No regular 'nakas' are set up in evening in the city to deter violators. The safety of a human life needs to be accorded paramount importance. As a society, we should not depend merely on the police. Parents, teachers and NGOs also need to come together to educate the youth and make them conscious of the risks and dangers involved in drunken driving. The Police Department should make arrangements for random checking. We need to bring home the point that in case of accidents due to drunken driving, it is not only the lives of drunkards that get endangered, but others are impacted as well.

Pursharth Joshi

Strict implementation of laws can help    

It is no secret that the police have failed to keep a check on drunken drivers, who not only flout traffic norms but also pose a threat to other commuters. Everyone knows the consequences of driving a vehicle under the influence of liquor but nobody, including traffic policemen, bothers. As per the World Health Organisation (WHO), 30 to 50 per cent of road accidents take place due to the consumption of alcohol globally 

Bhavdeep Kohli

Vigil, awareness will help check offences

We often come across accident victims, who are drunk and smell of alcohol. The police and the Punjab government need to get up from its deep slumber to tighten noose around the drunkards, who are playing with lives of the people. Strict vigil and awareness-cum-advisory programmes are the need of the hour. Road accidents caused by drunken driving have become a serious issue. 

Shashi Gupta

QUESTION

Aimed at providing quality medical services at people’s doorsteps, the government’s health and wellness centre scheme has miserably failed due to various reasons. We invite our readers to send in their views as to how a turnaround can be brought in the scheme.   

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