Caught on cam: Haryana roadways driver smokes hookah while driving


Team Udayavani, Oct 16, 2017, 4:51 PM IST

New Delhi: A video showing a driver of the Haryana roadways smoking hookah in a moving bus here has gone viral. Following this, the Delhi government lodged complaints with the transport commissioners of the national capital and Haryana.

Taking note of the video, Additional Director (Health Department) of Delhi, Dr S K Arora, noted that the driver was smoking hookah “very proudly” without any fear while passing through the national capital.
In his letter, Arora said, as seen in the video, the driver of the Haryana roadways violated the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA) 2003.

“This is to bring to your kind notice that we have come to know through social media that a driver of Haryana Roadways Bus No HR55W 9038 has been violating laws during his driving very proudly without any fear while passing through Delhi,” the letter states. Dr Arora said that by smoking a hookah while driving, the driver is putting the lives of passengers at risk.

He also said that there is a display of Pataka Tea advertisement on the bus which is a violation of Section 5 of COTPA as this is a surrogate advertisement of tobacco, Pataka Bidi. “For this advertisement, the violation is being committed by Pataka group of companies and Haryana Roadways. It is worth mentioning that such advertisements are strategies of tobacco companies to attract minors and women,” the letter stated.

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