AC helmets to help Vizag traffic police personnel beat the heat
The Hindu
Traffic police in Andhra Pradesh receive air-conditioned helmets and cool jackets to beat summer heat on duty.
The traffic police personnel in the city have received air-conditioned helmets to beat the summer heat while on duty. The helmets were provided by a Noida-based company as part of its CSR initiative.
“For the first time, the traffic police in Andhra Pradesh got AC helmets,” said Police Commissioner Shankabratha Bagchi after distributing them at a programme at the Police Conference Hall on Saturday.
Mr. Bagchi said that 30 AC helmets had been distributed among the traffic police personnel so far.
The helmets were manufactured by Poly Propylene Co-polymer material and work with Active Cooling technology, he said, adding that the helmets, weighing 740 grams each, will work for about eight hours if kept charged for four hours.
The Police Commissioner also reminded that 220 cool jackets had also been distributed among the traffic police personnel to beat the summer heat.
In the coming days, 40 more jackets will be distributed, he added.
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