BICYCLES TO HAVE RETRO REFLECTIVE TAPES SOON

CRUCIAL HIGH LEVEL INDUSTRY  MEET TO BE HELD AT LUDHIANA ON AUG 19

Ludhiana/Chandigarh August 10, 2011 It will be easier for bicycle riders to pedal  around safer across the nation  as a much awaited decision on proposal for mandatory installation of retro reflective tapes on bicycles is expected to be taken at a high level government and industry meeting to be held in Ludhiana on August 19, 2011.

“The crucial decision making it mandatory to  use retro-reflective is taken during this meet, it will make bicycles  a safer mode of transportation on various busy roads , particularly  during late hours said Mr K.K.Kapila, Chairman, International Road Federation (IRF) International Road Federation (IRF) ,Geneva based  non profitglobal  forum advocating better and safer roads through optimum road design and construction in a press statement here today.

“The IRF, on the direction of the department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP), ministry of commerce and industries, had sent the proposal to the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) for technical evaluation in March this year. After technically evaluating the proposal for about two months, the BIS is now ready with its findings and on August 19 BIS will place its findings before the bicycle manufcaturers in Ludhiana,” Kapila Said.

 ㉮ the meeting, we will make a presentation on the need for using retro-reflective tapes in bicycles. We are hopeful that the proposal will be accepted and installation of such tapes in bicycles will become mandatory, said Kapila.

The government is keen to make the use of reflective tapes in cycles  mandatory, said an official of DIPP.

The matter has already been discussed with cycle manufacturing majors and All India Cycle Manufacturers⠁association.