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Chhatarpur Traffic News: To stop the increasing road accidents in Chhatarpur, the traffic police has started a helmet bank. People can get a free helmet by showing their identity card, but it has to be returned within 24 hours. This initiative is designed to enhance security andβ¦read more
Chhatarpur. To curb the ever increasing road accidents in the district, the traffic police in the city has started a helmet bank with public cooperation under the direction of the SP. Which is being operated by the traffic police. Any person can avail the facility of helmet without paying any fee by showing his identity card. However, the person concerned has to deposit the helmet in the bank within 24 hours.
Chhatarpur city traffic head constable Shashi Shankar Dwivedi told Local 18 that to curb the increasing road accidents in the district, the city traffic police had started a helmet bank with public cooperation in July last under the direction of the SP. Which is being operated by the traffic police from the traffic post located at Chhatrasal intersection in Chhatarpur city. However, people still do not know about this helmet bank. Thousands of helmets have been given free of cost to two wheeler drivers from this bank in the last 5 months. So that their journey remains easy and safe. Also, there has been a decrease in people riding without helmets.
This is how you will get the helmet
Head constable Shashi Shankar Dwivedi says that the main objective of this bank is that if you are going somewhere by bike and you do not have a helmet, then instead of getting worried, come to the helmet bank and anyone can buy it by showing their identity card, mobile and vehicle number. Get the ISI marked helmet in writing without paying any fee. But the person concerned will have to return this helmet to the bank within 24 hours.
Making people aware about wearing helmet
Shashi Shankar says that many times people do not buy a helmet worth Rs 1,000 when they go with an acquaintance or travel for a few hours of work and go on a journey without a helmet. Due to which their life is in danger. If the driver is wearing a helmet during the journey then it will be safe.
Chattarpur,Madhya Pradesh
January 14, 2025, 18:57 IST
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