159 scooters distributes to Telangana women police officers

Hero MotoCorp Limited, the two-wheeler manufacturer, on Thursday presented about 160 new Hero scooters to the women police officers of Telangana Police department. Equipped with sirens and traffic lights, the scooters are to be used by the women officials of She Teams. About 70 scooters were handed over to Hyderabad Police Commissioner M Mahender Reddy, 50 scooters to Sandeep Shandilya, Cyberabad Commissioner of Police and 39 scooters to Mahesh M. Bhagawat, Rachakonda Commissioner of Police.

Speaking on the occasion, Vijay Sethi, CIO and Head – CSR, Hero MotoCorp said, “Hero MotoCorp is committed to promote



road safety and women empowerment. 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’. Under the aegis of its CSR initiative, Ride Safe India, Hero MotoCorp also conducts various nationwide programs to promote road safety.