The Delhi Police challaned 6,000 people for violating traffic rules on Holi, police said Friday. Several teams were formed and deployed to check traffic violations across the city. As many as 16,554 challans, including 1,736 for drunken driving, 416 for using the wrong carriageway, 326 for dangerous driving, 409 for over-speeding, 1,446 for triple riding and 5,092 for riding without wearing a helmet were issued this year.

Last year, the police had issued 12,630 challans, they said. All district DCPs were directed to personally supervise the arrangements. In addition to the local staff, 33 reserved companies were deployed to bolster the strength of local police, they said.