Chandigarh, January 23
Emphasising the theme of “Accidents bring tears, safety brings cheers”, the UT traffic police today concluded the 23rd Road Safety Week amidst a colourful programme by schoolchildren at the Tagore Theatre in Sector 18.
Emphasising the theme of “Accidents bring tears, safety brings cheers”, the UT traffic police today concluded the 23rd Road Safety Week amidst a colourful programme by schoolchildren at the Tagore Theatre in Sector 18.
A street play by an NGO, “Aavahan”, was the highlight of the closing ceremony, as performers exhibited significance of complying with traffic rules and hazards of drunken driving through an enactment.
Students of DAV School, Sector 15, performed a cultural programme on the occasion. Inspector General of Police (IGP) PK Srivastava, who was the chief guest, said the police had tightened its grip around drunken drivers and over 50 persons are challaned in a day when their special drives are held during weekends. He appealed to the general public to adhere to the road safety rules.
Besides, prizes were given to winners of various activities held during the week, including painting competition, blood donation camp, training workshops for TSR drivers, heavy and light drivers, and rickshaw pullers.
The Road Safety Week is observed in January every year all over the country to inculcate the culture of road safety among the citizens.
During this Road Safety Week, different cultural and other activities were also organised by educational institutions, social organisations, corporate organisation, transport department, traffic police and other socially conscious citizens in order to raise the level of awareness on road safety, which included a seven-day road safety exhibition at the Sector-17 Plaza, a scooter rally by girl students to promote wearing of safety helmet, road safety workshops for auto drivers, rickshaw pullers, school bus drivers, bus and truck drivers, trauma response workshop for PCR and traffic police personnel, conference on road safety and traffic management, regular public announcement on road safety on major light points/intersections and penal discussion on road safety at All-India Radio and BIG FM to raise the level of awareness on road safety.
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