According to the top cop, some 2.4 lakh two-wheelers were checked till date this year as part of a special drive. The result, he claimed, is a 60-per cent decrease in motor vehicles being used in robberies, and a 20-per cent dip in vehicles used in snatching incidents.
He said the police’s drive to register senior citizens is also doing good, adding that 8,397 senior citizens have registered with them till date. The police have also identified 31,744 senior citizens.
Besides, Dadwal said, the police plan to conduct a security audit for senior citizens’ safety.
On a brighter note, Dadwal announced that the police are likely to get 400 more sub-inspectors by this October and another 6,449 constables by January 2010.
He said the Delhi Police has detected nearly 10 lakh traffic violations till date this year — a jump of over 50 per cent from the corresponding period last year.
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