The drive comes a fortnight after the transport department issued an order making helmets mandatory for all women on two-wheelers, with the exception of Sikhs.
"The drive was taken up on a priority basis and any woman travelling without helmets were prosecuted. Sikh women were exempted only when they could prove their identity," said Muktesh Chander, special commissioner, traffic.
According to cops, 1,093 women were fined in central and Lutyen's Delhi area, and 1,300 in south Delhi. More than 850 were challaned around Delhi University's north campus and another 1,500 in east and west Delhi till 8pm on Wednesday.
Police said while most violators readily accepted the Rs 100 penalty, some claimed ignorance about the new rule. A few came up with bizarre excuses. Traffic officials said that women constables were deployed to convince violators about the safety issues that prompted the new rule.
When TOI asked women travelling without helmets about why they were not wearing the safety gear, most of them came up with excuses such as non-availability of helmets suiting their dresses. A few of them even argued with the cops.
"I had gone to buy a helmet from a shop in east Delhi, but the only ones they offered were black and red, which did not suit me. I have ordered a designer one for myself and have to wait for a few days," said Priyanka Gulati, a DU student travelling from Laxmi Nagar to Connaught Place.
A few women asked the cops to pardon them for the day and promised to come back on the same route wearing a helmet.
Tanisha, a student who works as a television actor, was challaned for not wearing a helmet while riding pillion with her husband Manav. She said she came to know about the rule on Wednesday morning itself. "I had gone to buy a helmet at a store in south Delhi but none of the women helmets came with vents. They were really uncomfortable," she said.
Meanwhile, helmet dealers across the city said they were running out of women's helmets as demand had suddenly spiked during the day.
"As soon as the drive against helmets started there were at least 50 customers asking for the same type of helmets, which was impossible for us to supply," said Ashish Jain, a helmet dealer near Karol Bagh. He said that a few women even opted for ones that did not conform to ISI standards to avoid from the challan.
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