Bhubaneswar: There will be no salary for teachers in Mohana Block in Odisha's Gajapati district if they do not wear helmet while riding two-wheelers.

Making helmets compulsory for teachers, Mohana Block Education Officer Narendra Behera directed them to wear helmet while driving motorcycle or else their monthly salary will be stopped.

Over 900 teachers are posted at 263 schools under Mohana Block in Gajapati district. Many times, teachers reportedly meet with accidents and lose lives while riding motorcycles without helmets in remote areas in the block.

In view of rising accidents in the block, the BEO took the initiative by tightening the new MV Act.