Awareness campaign continues to prevent accidents in Rangpur

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RANGPUR, Sept 6, 2018 (BSS) – The district police continues public
awareness building campaign titled ‘No helmet, no petrol’ through various
programmes to prevent road accidents and encourage use of helmets among
motorcycle drivers.

As a part of the campaign launched few days ago, Police Super Mizanur
Rahman and President of Rangpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry Mostafa
Sohrab Chowdhury Titu jointly led a rally participated by many people on the
streets here on Wednesday afternoon.

Additional Police Super (Special Branch) Abu Maruf Hasan, Additional Police
Super (Circle A) Saifur Rahman Saif, Officer-in-Charge of Kotwali Thana
Mokhtarul Alam and Traffic-in-Charge Khan Md Mizanur Fahami were present,
among others.

Along with police officials, Mizanur Rahman and Titu Chowdhury greeted
motorcycle riders wearing helmets with flowers, distributed stickers and
awareness building leaflets and hanged banners, signboards and festoons with
‘No helmet, no petrol’ inscriptions at Parjatan Motel and other areas of the
city.

On the occasions, the Police Super said, “The ‘No helmet-no-petrol’
programme will continue till motorcycle drivers of the district get 100
percent success in using helmets on their heads to become aware of fatal
consequences of not wearing helmets.”

“Along with this, papers and documents of heavy and slow-paced vehicles are
being examined on the roads and mobile courts being run on grounds on the ‘no
compromise policy regarding violation of traffic laws’ to bring discipline on
the roads,” he said.

“We want motorcycle drivers to use helmets compulsorily to reduce accidents
and reduce the amount of casualties and damages,” he said adding that none
would be spared anymore for violation of traffic rules in future.