Assam: New device to outsmart drunk drivers during pandemic

Staff Reporter

GUWAHATI: When the use of breath analysers have been barred because of COVID-19 pandemic there has been a possibility of the menace of drunk driving raising its ugly head. However, the State Excise department has risen to the occasion to outsmarts drunk drivers and make them pay through their noses.

This is a need-based introduction of a device to tame the corona-induced situation. The Excise department has brought 250 alcopatrol – a breath analysing device that can detect consumption of liquor, amount of liquor consumed and the amount of fine to be charged from one foot away from drunkards within five seconds. The device that has been brought from a Hong Kong-based company can also give the print with details as it has a thermal printer attached. The device can do all such wonders only from the smell of liquor.

The device has been distributed among the district Excise offices. The entire process has been done under the aegis of State Excise Commissioner Rakesh Kumar.

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