Despite the many awareness campaigns carried out to ensure better road safety, traffic violations in the year 2013 (up until June) have increased substantially. According to figures provided by the traffic department, the number has increased from 7,22,275 in the first six months of last year to 10,64,560, marking an increase of roughly 3.42 lakh.

Stop there: Traffic authorities have become more vigilant this year, and are carrying out more drives to avoid lane cutting, rash driving and other violations. File pic