Hero Gifts More Than 150 New Scooters To Telangana Women Police

Hyderabad, 17th August 2017: Hero MotoCorp, world’s largest two-wheeler manufacturer, today presented more than 150 new Hero scooters to women police officers of Telangana Police department.

Equipped with sirens, traffic lights and PA systems, the Hero scooters will allow women police officers to conveniently perform their patrolling duties. The Hero scooters were presented to the women police officers that are part of the special ‘SHETEAM’. An all women force set-up to enhance the safety of women in the city.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Vijay Sethi, CIO & Head - CSR, Hero MotoCorp said, "As the market leader and a responsible corporate citizen, Hero MotoCorp is committed to promote Road Safety and Women Empowerment. We are constantly engaged in increasing awareness on these key topics through a series of programmes at the national and regional levels. Telangana is yet another state where we have partnered with the state police department in an effort to bring effective changes in the society. Today’s initiative will prove to be big step forward for our association with Telangana Police and our national efforts.“

Hero MotoCorp has handed more than 250 two-wheelers to Haryana Police and Utrakhand Police since last year, under various initiatives such as ‘Project Sakhi’. It has adopted Traffic Parks at Hyderabad, Gurugram, Delhi, Rourkela, Lucknow and Nagpur, which are equipped with Riding Simulators and other state-of-the-art facilities, where Road Safety awareness programs are conducted regularly for school and college students and other institutions in partnership with the local Traffic Police.

Hero MotoCorp also runs a Student Police Cadets (SPC) program in association with the Haryana Police, which has been a resounding success since its inception. Students from 50 schools in Gurugram are enrolled in multiple planned activities to inculcate sensibilities such as respect for law and community skills in their personalities. This programme instills social values in the students, while providing them with physical fitness training.