The Mumbai Traffic Police issued challans against various violations on March 7 as the city witnessed Holi celebrations. It has penalised at least 11000 motorists.

“We were on the streets amidst Holi celebrations, to prevent anything `un-holy` from happening. These 11,010 offences could have easily turned into something more unpleasant,” Mumbai Traffic Police wrote on Twitter.

The said data was collected till 7 pm on Tuesday. Mumbai Traffic Police shared a poster on Twitter with the data that shows the number and type of offences as follows: 

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Without Helmet: 10,066
Triple Seat: 549
Wrong side: 275
Drinking and Driving:120

“Drive safely and responsibly Mumbai. Let us do better next year,” the tweet read.

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