No helmet no fuel drive gathers steam

Lucknow | Wednesday | 18th July, 2018

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We are striving ceaselessly that two-wheeler riders of Lucknow make wearing helmet a habit.” According to the drive, two-wheeler riders without a helmet would not be given fuel.IG (Lucknow range) Sujeet Pandey said, “We have booked 33,000 offenders from July 1 till now. At Lekhraj crossing, Munshipulia crossing and Vikasnagar, no police personnel were found enforcing the rule or imposing fines.TOI had reported that commuters were violating the helmet rule and being allowed to buy fuel without a helmet on.The ‘no helmet, no fuel’ drive was launched by the police on July 1. Other two-wheeler riders were also seen wearing helmets while purchasing fuel from pumps.For not following the rule, both men and women were being challaned at various crossings including Lohia, Burlington, Hazratganj and Polytechnic.However, at places like Aminabad, Kaiserbagh and Kalidas Marg, police still showed laxity.They allowed riders without helmets to go scot-free. By: Samarth SrivastavaLUCKNOW: A day after TOI reported the lackadaisical approach of the police in checking those not wearing helmets as also failing to wear them themselves, senior police officials on Tuesday inspected some petrol pumps and crossings.They gave directions to all police personnel to comply with the rule of wearing helmets.On Tuesday, TOI found that the men in uniform at petrol pumps and crossings were wearing helmets..