Following the 'Delhi Police Week-2020', the Delhi Traffic Police on Wednesday organised an 'on-the-spot' painting competition and commemorative function of the road safety club at India Gate C-Hexagon lawns. Amulya Patnaik, Delhi Police Commissioner was chief guest on the occasion.

Around 800 students from over 20 schools across the city participated in the "on-the-spot painting competition" based on road safety related topics. A team of faculty members from Delhi College of Arts, Jamia Milia Islamia University and Capital College of Fine Arts assessed the paintings for each category and adjudged the first, second and third prize winners in each category. The winners in each category were awarded prizes by the chief guest. Speaking on the occasion, the CP emphasised on the importance of inculcating correct road user behaviour in the minds of youngsters so that by the time they grow up they imbibe good road safety values.

He appreciated the efforts on the part of Delhi Traffic Police especially the Road Safety Cell in spreading road safety awareness among the masses as well as school children, which has gone a long way in reducing the number of fatalities on Delhi roads in the year 2019.

The CP said that the decline in the number of fatal accidents that is1463 in the year 2019 from the previous year's 1690 is a pointer to the fact that there is a drastic reduction of 14 per cent in road accidents and Delhi Traffic Police has been able to achieve this feat after a span of 30 years.

"Similarly, decrease of 905 (-14 per cent) has been registered in the number of accidents in Delhi in the year 2019.  In the year 2019 the accident figure stood at 5610 whereas in 2018 the total number of accidents in Delhi was 6515," said the CP.