New Delhi: Even three months after the government banned manufacturing and selling non-fill marking two-wheeled helmets, the Indian standard Bureau (BIS) had not yet conducted a check in the factory and market.
So far, the bus has received around 20 complaints of abuse or violations of the content sign because the norms kick and say investigations.
The law mandates the bus to conduct supervision in the manufacturing and market unit to prevent sales of non-standard helmets after the order of quality control (QCO) starts from June 1 this year.
For this, he must choose samples from both manufacturers and markets for independent testing.
The spokesman’s bus said it had appointed an agent for this purpose.
In the complaint received by the bus, spokesman said, “complaints are being investigated by various branch offices.” With regard to market supervision, the spokesman said, “Because of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the visit cannot occur.
Visit supervision will be carried out in the near future and this has been planned.
As soon as the pandemic starts to subside, the supervision visit will be made.” Rajeev Kapoor, president of the association of the two Wheeler helmet producers, said, “The manufacture of non-standard helmets is such as producing false drugs.
Both are fatal.
As the bus has gone to write a unique ID in every gold jewelry blocked to check authenticity, it must also Do the same for helmets.
Unique IDs such as engraved in the helmet sold in Europe.
Buyers can check authenticity and manufacturers can be traced.
“The Delhi High Court has issued a notification to the buses looking for the steps he took to monitor and supervised manufacturers and The helmet seller to ensure that there is no misuse of buses or content.
It comes while hearing the petition against the bus by NGOs, the Utprarit Consumer Foundation.
The applicant has accused the illegality and irregularities in making helmets.
Non-wearing or wearing poor quality helmets is the main cause of death of almost 78% of two-wheeled riders in India.
In 2019, of a total of 56,000 two-wheeled riders killed in the road crash, 43,600 because they did not wear a helmet.
There is no separate data about how many people are killed because of poor quality helmets.
The bus is still conducting an examination on a 2 ‘non-standard’ wheel helmet
