In a bid to enhance the safety of students and staff, the L D Engineering College administration has decided to make helmets mandatory.

Nilay Bhuptani, principal of the college has announced that “no student, faculty, or staff member will be allowed to enter the campus without a helmet”.

For the next few days, students without helmets will be advised to do so. However, after this grace period, entry will be strictly prohibited without a helmet.

Notably, educational institutes including Gujarat University or Gujarat Technological University (GTU) have not issued any such rule yet.

More than 3,000 UG and PG students study at L D College of Engineering with over 100 teachers and staff members. 

Earlier, Ahmedabad Commissioner of Police G S Malik had issued an order stating that every police personnel, including civil staff, whether in uniform or civilian dress, will have to wear helmets while driving two-wheelers.

Moreover, the order also mentioned that if the staff are seen driving without helmets, they “will not be allowed to enter police stations, offices and units”.

Thereafter, the state government too issued a notification directing all government officials, employees and staff at all offices to mandatorily wear helmets while riding two-wheelers.

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