For all practical purposes, the state government says it has backed away from the proposed ‘No helmet, no fuel’ rule, as transport minister Diwakar Raote informed the state Assembly on Friday. The change comes in light of the mass protests by the petrol dealers’ body of Federation of All Maharashtra Petrol Dealers Association (FAMPEDA).

Now, instead, the government, in coordination with the traffic police, will levy a R500 fine on all two-wheelers that come to a petrol pump without a helmet.