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Gopinath Munde should have worn seat belt: Harsh Vardhan

New Delhi: Wearing seat belt could have saved Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde who died in a road accident, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan today said and announced a major campaign to spread awareness on

PTI Published : Jun 04, 2014 15:47 IST, Updated : Jun 04, 2014 16:13 IST
Stating that the ignorance level about the importance of safety belts is alarming, Vardhan said, “Many car owners cover the back seats of their cars with attractive cloth or other material to give comfort. In the process the seat belts get concealed.

This fallacy is doubtless causing a lot of accident deaths.”

There should also be a degree of coercion, Vardhan felt.  

“I would like to seek the cooperation of the associations of petroleum dealers all over the country to utilise the pumps as points of interface with car and bike users.

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