Sikh women without headgear to face helmet challan in Chandigarh

Sikh women not wearing a turban will no longer be exempted from wearing helmet in the city. A decision in this regard was taken at a meeting of the State Level Road Safety Council held under the chairmanship of UT Adviser Dharam Pal here today.
On July 6, 2018, the UT had amended an earlier notification of exempting all women from wearing helmet to exempt only turban-wearing Sikh women. When pressure mounted on the UT and the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the ministry, in October 2018, advised the administration to exempt Sikh women from wearing helmet while riding a two-wheeler or riding pillion in Chandigarh.