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Hyderabad: Policy on ISI helmet lauded

Top global brands will have to adhere to rule.

Hyderabad: Two-wheeler helmet manufacturers association across the country has welcomed the government decision to ban non-ISI helmets. As per the recent notification issued by the Road Transport and Highway Ministry, manufacture, storage and sale of non-Indian Standards (non-ISI) helmets for two-wheelers will lead to arrest without warrant.

Selling non-ISI marked helmets is equivalent to selling fake medicine and just as fake medicines are harmful and poisonous, so are fake helmets, said the Two-Wheeler Helmet Manufacturers Associa-tion. This decision by the policy makers has a larger and deeper implication. Even the leading international brands who were exporting helmets to India as per European and US standard will now have to adhere to ISI standards.

Also, this notification will be applicable from 60 days from now, which means all manufacturers not adhering to ISI standard should stop manufacturing at once and the dealers should quickly liquidate their stocks. As per the Motor Vehicle Act, each and every two-wheeler rider must use ISI marked helmet and this notice will further act as reinforcement.

Mr Rajeev Kapur, president, Two-Wheeler Helmet Manufacturers Association and managing director of Steelbird said, “This move by the government is highly appreciated and this decision would act as a master stroke and help in doing away with sale, manufacture, storage and use of non-ISI marked helmets.”

He said, “As there will be no sale and manufacture of non-ISI helmets no one will have access to sub-standard products. This will also save a lot of money for the government as they were spending a lot on the police, medical expenditures, hospitals, insurance, etc.”

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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