Media Release

Udupi, Sep 13: Life is precious and majority of youngsters lose their lives today in two-wheeler accidents due to severe head injury. The government had made helmets compulsory. Many awareness campaigns under the guidance of former IPS officer Annamalai on the need of wearing helmets had been organized at different colleges. Even so, people continue to ride two-wheelers without helmets. In order to create awareness among students, ‘Gandhigiri’ concept was tried at the campus on Saturday September 10. Students without helmets were stopped by girls of the college who offered them a rose and the teachers convinced these youngsters about the importance of wearing helmets so that they can save their life. The college has made it mandatory for the students to use helmets travelling on two-wheeler to the campus.

A student who rode without wearing a helmet but hung on his bike remarked, “I felt ashamed to take the flower from my collegemates for doing something wrong.” A student volunteer, who was part of the campaign, remarked, “I am happy to be part of a novel initiative of creating awareness on helmet use. I am proud to be part of this initiative, where I could play a part in protecting the life of my friends.”

The Youth Red Cross unit under the guidance of lecturer Jyothi arranged the programme. Professor K K Gurumurthy and professor Reebu Samuel were present along with student volunteers.