AIADMK suggests MLAs committee to finalise modalities to implement helmet rule

The AIADMK Tuesday urged the Puducherry government to constitute a committee comprising legislators of all parties of Union Territory to decide the modalities to implement the helmet rule. Addressing reporters here, the legislature wing leader of the AIADMK A Anbalagan suggested that a committee of legislators under Transport Minister's chairmanship should be formed to go into the issue and finalise modalities to implement helmet rule.

He claimed that the turf war between Lt Governor Kiran Bedi and Chief Minister V Narayanasamy on enforcement of the rule was causing confusion among the public. "It is indeed amusing that the Director General of Police, facing pressure and intimidation from the Lt Governor issued a statement on February 9 that helmet rule would be enforced in Puducherry from February 11," he said.

However, the Chief Minister had on February 10 said: "the police should adopt a go-slow attitude and not impose fine without generating awareness among the public." Claiming that more than 11,000 two-wheeler riders have been fined for a traffic violation for the last two days, Anbalagan demanded that all the cases should be scrapped. He clarified that he did not oppose helmet rule as it needed to be enforced for road safety.