Hyderabad police imposes curbs on New Year celebrations

Hyderabad, Dec 31 : The Hyderabad police on Thursday imposed restrictions on New Year celebrations and announced a special drive against drunken driving.
Hyderabad, Cyberabad and Rachakonda police commissionerates have announced closure of all flyovers and certain roads in the interest of public safety.
The government has granted permission to the Telangana Prohibition and Excise department to allow sale of liquor at retail outlets till midnight.
It has also given permission for liquor to be served in bars, New Year events and in-house parties till 1 a.m.
The department made it clear that this will be subject to observance of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Covid-19.
All the three police commissionerates have announced a slew of measures to check drunken driving and New Year revelry on the roads.