The 25th National Road Safety Week (January 11-17) was organised by the Ganjam RTO here on Thursday. Hundreds of youths, volunteers, sports lovers, scribes and traffic police personnel with placards in hand and chanting slogan Pahle Aap participated in a cycle procession.
The procession was flagged off by Brahmapur Superintendent of Police Anirudha Singh at 9.30 am near the Veer Hanuman statue of Ramalingam Tank Road. The procession passed through the main streets of the city such as Rukumni Cinema Hall, Congress Bhavan, Khallikote College, Government Women’s College, Girls’ High School, Tata Benz Square, Kamapalli and Courtpeta and terminated at Ramalingam Road where a valedictory meeting was held.
The volunteers were told to sensitise the public about the various safety measures and educate people, “While you are on road, always say Pahle Aap to avoid any untoward incident or accident. The volunteers also sensitised the public not to use cell phone and liquor while driving.
The SP urged the citizens to follow traffic rules, not to use cell phones and liquor while driving and to follow speed limits to save precious human lives from accidents.
Though the scheduled time for flagging off the procession was 8.45 am, the SP came to the venue at 9.27 am. A large number of journalists including Prof KC Panda, Rabi Rath, Jayabardhan Das and Prakash Pattnaik were present. Among others, Ganjam RTO Basant Kumar Behera, MVIs Sameer Kumar Dora and Harihara Sadangi, IIC Traffic Swain and senior citizens and social workers were present.