The closing day of the Road Safety Week held between April 23 and April 29 by the State Transport and Commerce Department in Ganjam was held here. Apart from a meeting, a number of programmes were conducted to sensitise the public to maintain safety while driving. A large number of dignitaries from the district administration, police and the Transport Department were present including district Collector and Chairman Premchand Choudhury, DG Sadar Range Asish Singh, Sub-Collector Er Sidharath Shankar Swain, SP Pinaki Mishra, BMC
Commissioner Chakravorty Singh Rathore, RTO Ganjam Sanjay Biswal and ASP Shantunu Kumar Dash.
The police administration claimed that a record number 27,000 persons driving without helmet were penalised in Ganjam so far. IMV Bhanjanagar delivered a brief introduction. A short documentary film developed by Sub-Collector Brahmapur on traffic problem and the activities during the Safety Week were screened. A Nukkad Natak was presented by the students of Jayshree Public School, Ganjam.