More than 1,500 motorists were prosecuted for traffic rule violations and over 1,200 more for disorderly conduct across the city on New Year Eve.

The prosecution of motorists went down on the last day of 2020 compared with to the December 31 night in 2019, when the figure had crossed 2,000.

Police said one reason for the fewer number of prosecutions on Thursday night could be that there were fewer people on the roads compared with other years because of the Covid pandemic.

“At one point of time last night, there were more policemen on Park Street than revellers,” said an officer, who was posted on Park Street on New Year Eve.

More than 170 people were prosecuted for drink driving on Thursday night.