With two-wheeler accidents on the rise in Bengaluru, the Karnataka government is making helmet-wearing compulsory for pillion riders from mid-January.

There are 3.4 million two-wheelers in Bengaluru with 500 of them getting registered every day. The number of two-wheeler riders killed in road accidents is on the rise. Since the last one year the government had been contemplating making helmets mandatory for pillion riders, but met with strict opposition from various forums.



However, at a special meeting chaired by the Transport Department, a decision was taken to make it mandatory for pillion riders to wear helmets. A government notification is likely to be introduced during second week of January.