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Assam: Hailakandi administration asks petrol pumps not to provide fuel to bikers without helmet

Hailakandi: The Hailakandi district administration has asked the petrol pump owners not to give fuel to two wheelers (bike) riders not using helmet.

In an order issued to this effect here on Saturday, Deputy Commissioner cum Chairman, District Road Safety Committee, Megh Nidhi Dahal instructed the petrol pump owners not to provide fuel to two wheelers (bike) riders not wearing helmet.

The order stated that not wearing head gear (helmet) is in flagrant violation of Section 129 of Central Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 and punishable under Section 194(D).

The order stated that the step has been taken following many reports that many two wheeler riders do not use helmet causing fatal accidents in the district.

It further stated that the step ‘no helmet, no fuel’ has been taken for better enforcing of the provisions of the Act.

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