5 months ago
1
Keeping successful presumption the alarming fig of fatal roadworthy accidents, peculiarly those involving two-wheelers, the metropolis constabulary person begun implementing the ‘No Helmet – No Petrol’ regularisation crossed the city. The initiative, launched connected a aviator ground a week ago, came into unit connected January 1.
Under the programme, each petrol bunks person enactment up boards speechmaking ‘No Helmet – No Petrol’ and are refusing to proviso substance to helmetless riders.
The metropolis recorded 1,086 roadworthy accidents successful 2025, including 333 fatal and 753 non-fatal ones. These incidents claimed 349 lives and near 1,038 radical injured. National Highway-16 unsocial accounted for 149 deaths and 388 injuries, underscoring the precocious hazard connected large thoroughfares.
Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police K. Praveen Kumar said two-wheelers relationship for the highest fig of accidents successful the city. The lack of helmets, helium said, remains a large origin of fatalities. In galore instances, riders wearing helmets person survived with fractures oregon different non-fatal injuries.
Despite regular enforcement measures specified arsenic checks, fines and licence suspensions, violations continued to beryllium reported, the authoritative said. Explaining the punishment system, helium said first-time offenders are fined, repetition offenders look impoundment of their driving licences for suspension, and connected the 3rd violation, the two-wheeler is seized.
During 2025, postulation constabulary conducted respective peculiar drives to publication violators nether the Motor Vehicles Act. A full of 1,84,945 driving licences were seized and forwarded to the Transport Department, of which astir 80,000 were suspended for circumstantial periods.
Ahead of afloat implementation of the ‘No Helmet – No Petrol’ rule, the constabulary conducted week-long consciousness campaigns and held meetings with petrol bunk owners to guarantee their cooperation. Police teams person besides been instructed to behaviour astonishment checks astatine substance stations.
Traffic constabulary unit said petrol bunk managements and the wide nationalist person mostly supported the move. Several substance stations person installed further signboards highlighting the value of wearing helmets for roadworthy safety. Meanwhile, constabulary proceed to entreaty to pillion riders to deterioration helmets for their ain safety.
