India, April 27 -- In one of its sharpest recent enforcement actions, Delhi Traffic Police prosecuted 11,800 motorists in just three hours during a city-wide special drive against improper parking and wrong-side driving, two of the most common causes of congestion and road accidents in the Capital.

The intensive crackdown was carried out simultaneously across all traffic ranges and districts on Saturday, with teams deployed on arterial roads, market stretches, service lanes, and accident-prone corridors. The operation focused on clearing obstructive parking and penalising motorists found driving against the designated flow of traffic.

Additional Commissioner of Police, Traffic, Vijayanta Goyal Arya said the drive was part of Delhi Traff...