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Uttar Pradesh woman, who lost grandfather in road accident, installs free lights on bicycles to protect lives

An elderly man blesses Khushi, a woman from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh who installs free red lights on bicycles on streets to avoid accidents. (Picture: Twitter screengrab/@AwanishSharan)

By: Shubham Ghosh

She lost her beloved grandfather in a road accident in 2020 and the incident made her determined to save others from meeting the same fate. A young woman named Khushi from Lucknow in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has taken up the job of providing free red lights to cyclists on streets so that they could be spotted by vehicles in the dark and accidents can be avoided.

Khushi’s grandfather died when a car hit his bicycle after its driver failed to see him. After the tragedy, Khushi has taken to raising awareness about traffic safety and is seen fitting red lights on cycles. She has roughly installed around 1,500 lights on cycles and her story was posted on Twitter by Indian Administrative Officer Awanish Sharan.

He shared a video clip on his social media account which narrated Khushi’s story. She is seen standing on the street holding a placard saying in Hindi “Install lights on your cycles”. She is also seen asking cyclists to stop and fitting the lights on their cycle. One elderly man was also seen blessing her after she helped him with the lights. “God Bless You,” Sharan captioned the video.

The video received more than 750,000 likes at the time of writing this report and comments poured in thick and fast appreciating the woman’s efforts.

Here are some of the reactions on Twitter:

Earlier, the story of India’s ‘Helmet Man’ who gave safety gear to a motorcyclist riding at a high speed on Agra Lucknow Expressway went viral on social media.

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