Tawang district in Arunachal Pradesh enters Guinness Book with largest helmet sentence

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ITANAGAR: The Tawang district in Arunachal Pradesh on Sunday entered the Guinness Book of World Records by forming the largest helmet sentence to highlight the importance of road safety, especially in the mountains.

A total number of 2,350 helmets were used to form the sentence 'Jai Hind' at the Gyalwa Tsangyang Gyatso high altitude stadium in the border district.

Chief Minister Pema Khandu blew the whistle in the morning to start the proceedings of helmet formation. By 8 am, the helmet sentence formation was completed with Khandu, along with MLAs of the Tawang and West Kameng districts, leading to place the helmets according to the formation, sources from the district informed.

The event titled 'Lakshya' - to create awareness on road safety by making the world record - was organized by Amazing Namaste Foundation in collaboration with the State Government.

Khandu and Atul Kulkarni, chairman of the Amazing Namaste Foundation, jointly received the certificate of confirmation from the Guinness Book of World Records representative Swapnil Dangorikar.

Speaking on the occasion, Khandu said that awareness on road safety measures and adherence to traffic rules have become all the more important with improved roads in the hills.

"People, especially youths riding bikes, tend to drive faster and faster on good roads. It has been found that over-speeding is the major cause of accidents on our roads here. Therefore, this event and the creation of a world record would draw attention of the people towards road safety and mandatory use of helmets while riding two-wheelers," he said.

A survey carried out by the Government indicates that about 1.5 lakh precious lives are lost annually in road accidents in India. With the improvement in road network and better vehicles, there is a need to create awareness among the riders, drivers and general public to follow traffic discipline as well as driving protocols.

"Making it to the Guinness Book of World Records with 'Jai Hind' formed with the largest number of helmets, is not only a message to people of Arunachal but from all over India who come visiting our mountainous State and get carried away by the natural beauty and quality of roads. Follow traffic rules and use helmets," Khandu added.

To mark the event and create awareness on road safety, a bike rally was also organized which started from the famous Tawang Monastery and culminated at the stadium via the Maratha Ground. The rally, comprising of about 200 riders from various parts of the State and CRPF personnel, was joined by Khandu. He later handed over souvenirs to the bikers appreciating their participation and contributing in creating awareness on road safety.

The event was also attended by Tawang MLA Tsering Tashi and all four MLAs of the West Kameng district, including Phurpa Tsering (Dirang), Kumsi Sidisow (Thrizino-Buragaon), Dongru Siongju (Bomdila) and Darjee Wangdi Kharma (Kalaktang), besides officials of the Tawang district administration, the sources added.

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