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After deciding to make it compulsory for its entire staff to wear helmets, the Pune rural police has distributed nearly 500 helmets to its staff and is planning to get another 1,200 helmets. The Pune rural police had already taken a step towards ensuring safety of its staff when District Superintendent of Police Pratap Dighavkar declared that the helmet should be compulsory for his staff. He also decided to provide them with affordable helmets. However, ....

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Your head your choice Most of the students staying in Bharti Vidyapeeth University campus are happy using two wheelers, but equally happy to ride them without wearing helmets. To teach these youngsters, and others in the area, the use and necessity of the helmet, the Rotaract Club of Pune’s Yuva held a rally in the Bharati Vidyapeeth Campus area on Saturday. Around 25 members of the club with 14 .... Full Story		Tech fest winners to get helmets The technical fest which will be organised on March 11, 12 and 13 by students of Sinhagad Engineering College is going to be a little different from the usual ones. Understanding the need and importance of helmets, and inspired by Pune Mirror’s helmet campaign, some students from the mechanical department will be giving away branded and quality helmets as prizes to the tech fest winners. Apart from this, all participants will be given cash .... Full Story
Biker dies in accident When 30-year-old Praveen Lokhande left his workplace on February 3 to go home, he could not have guessed that it was to be the last ride of his life. Had he an an inkling, he might have take the trouble of wearing a helmet. As it was, Lokhande lost his life after a vehicle crashed into his bike on the Mumbai- Bangalore highway that night. Praveen’s brother, Pramod Lokhande, has lodged a .... Full Story		Doc saved by helmet Who knows the importance of a helmet better than a doctor? Forensic expert Dr Harshal Chaudhari knows it even better now, because wearing a helmet saved his head and probably his life in a recent accident. Chaudhari is a resident of Bharati Vidyapeeth in Katraj and works in the forensic department of Sassoon Hospital. He has the discipline and good sense to wear a helmet whenever he’s riding his bike. Chaudhari has been in three accidents.... Full Story
‘It pains us to see people die so young’ He has to see death in the face most of his working hours. But what saddens him the most is looking at young lives snuffed out too early. Mirror talked to Dr Amol Shinde, forensic expert and lecturer in the forensic department at Sassoon General Hospital, who said that most of the accidents taking place in the city involve two-wheeler riders. He said, “We conduct many post-mortems .... Full Story		Fergie student survives, thanks to helmet Purva Sawant’s sister recently got married. And Purva is thankful she was able to attend the ceremony. The reason: only a few days before the marriage she met with an accident while riding her bike, but as she was wearing a helmet, she survived. Nineteen-year-old Purva is a resident of Bhosale Nagar and currently pursuing her graduation from Fergusson College. She uses her two-wheeler to .... Full Story
Tackling them head-on Bikers riding their two-wheelers on Bund Garden Road without helmets felt the heat on their bare heads on Saturday as young schoolgirls from Anjuman- I-Islam school came up to them, urging them to wear helmets and extolling the uses of the protective headgear. Rotary Margdarshak had organised a rally with students from Anjuman- I-Islam on Saturday to appeal riders to use a .... Full Story		Back on his two wheels Sanjeev Nemade (28) considers himself very lucky. In spite of being involved in a major accident which resulted in a serious leg injury for him, his head was saved because he was wearing a helmet. A resident of Rambaug Colony in Kothrud, Sanjeev works in a private company in Viman Nagar. Sanjeev always uses his bike to go to office and also enjoys going for long rides in his spare time. But whether he rides for work for pleasure, one rule .... Full Story
For those who have felt the loss Nobody knows the pain of losing a family member better than the Japtiwales who lost their daughter in an accident when she was 22 years old. The grief-stricken Japtiwale family then started a foundation in the memory of their daughter through which they give support to other families who have lost their family members in road accidents. Chandrahas and Sunanda Japtiwale, residents of Bhusari colony in Kothrud.... Full Story		Teenager killed in mishap A 19-year-old FYBcom student was crushed under the wheels of an unidentified car on Saturday night. Akash Subhash Dhende was going home when the accident took place on Pimpri Road in Hinjewadi. Akash was studying in a Pimpri college. His accident took place. The Hinjewadi police are investigating the case, however, they haven’t yet identified the vehicle that ran him over. A first information report was lodged by head .... Full Story
This techie used his head Thirty-year-old software engineer, Pawan Kirtikar, still has a niggling pain in his leg, but he is a wiser and more thankful man. Pawan had a major accident more than a year ago, however, he considers himself very lucky as he was wearing a helmet that protected his head from a really serious injury. Pawan is a resident of Bhusari Colony in Kothrud and works in a company situated in Nigdi. Earlier, Pawan would travel to work using the bus that was .... Full Story		Their company wants them safe A pharmaceutical company from the city has now taken a step to provide safety to its staff. Inspired by Pune Mirror’s helmet campaign, Vedamrut Pharma India Ltd recently made it compulsory for its medical representatives to wear helmets. They also distributed free helmets to its staff. Since the last two months, Mirror has been running a helmet campaign to make people aware of the importance of wearing a helmet. Taking note of the .... Full Story