CHENNAI: City roads from New Year’s Eve on Wed­nes­day until Thursday morn­ing recor­ded zero fatal acci­dents, thanks to the pre­cau­tion­ary meas­ures put in place by the Greater Chen­nai Traffic Police (GCTP). The unex­pec­ted down­pour also helped the police’s cause as it kept speed mani­acs off the roads.

Thou­sands of rev­el­lers thronged vari­ous loc­a­tions in the city, includ­ing the usual hot­spots like Mar­ina and Elli­ots beaches and the Kath­ipara Urban square.

“As many as 400 officers and 1,600 traffic police per­son­nel were deployed and ded­ic­ated arrange­ments were made to pre­vent acci­dents, reg­u­late free flow of traffic, enhance road safety aware­ness and con­trol traffic viol­a­tions such as driv­ing under the influ­ence of alco­hol, over speed­ing, rash and dan­ger­ous driv­ing,” an offi­cial state­ment from Chen­nai police stated.

Motor­ists who were involved in traffic viol­a­tions were edu­cated on the dangers of break­ing traffic laws and given appro­pri­ate advice by police­men patrolling the roads and at check­points.