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PANAJI
Director General of Police Muktesh Chander on Tuesday sarcastically commented that people who don’t believe in wearing safety gear like helmets should donate their organs so that they can be beneficial to someone else after their death.
While addressing a gathering on road safety, the Director General of Police said, “Donate your organs so that someone will be benefitted and make a life insurance policy so that your family also benefits after your death.”.
DGP Chander was speaking in defence of the Traffic Sentinel Scheme which has come in for severe criticism from some sections of society as well as a few political leaders who argued for the scrapping of the scheme in the recently held assembly session.
The DGP also questioned the critics asking whether their head is made of iron.
“If you don’t believe in using a helmet then say so, why blame the traffic sentinels? We all put screen guards to protect our cell phones, but we don’t want to wear a helmet for our own safety,” he commented, pointing out that 182 two-wheeler riders died on the road last year thus indicating the need for compulsory enforcement of the helmet rule.
“We achieved 20% reduction in road accidents in 2018,” he added appealing for cooperation to further reduce this number.
