No helmet, no petrol
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 25 2017:
Imphal West district Deputy SP traffic police issued a notice on May 22, to 28 petrol pumps in the State to refrain from providing petrol to people without helmets.
The notice stated that in a road safety meeting held on August 2 last year, the Chief Divisional Retailer sales manager cum SLC Manipur IOC Limited had given assurance to provide full cooperation regarding the issue of petrol only to those individual wearing helmets and urged the Chief Divisional Retailer sales manager/ SLC Manipur IOC Limited to implement his assurance in the interest of public safety.
It further stated that the authority concerned would take up necessary and appropriate actions against those petrol pumps found supplying petrol to people without helmets and urged the petrol pump outlets to refrain from doing so to avoid any legal inconveniences.