Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur will launch a state level road safety campaign on August 4 to make road safety a culture in the state and to reduce road accidents.
Director Transport, Capt. JM Pathania on Monday said that Chief Minister would also administer pledge on road safety on the occasion.
Presiding over a meeting to review the arrangements of launching of State level road safety campaign here, Pathania said that marathon run for road safety ' Daud Suraksha Ki' would be flagged off from the Ridge by Transport Minister Govind Singh Thakur in which races would be organised for different categories i.e. 20 Km for men, 10 Km for women and 6 Km for below 20 years and 3 Km for senior citizens. He said that cash prizes would be given to all the winners.
Capt. Pathania said that various stakeholders and people especially school children would be sensitized towards road safety during this special campaign at the initial stage which would be followed by strict enforcement. He said that it has been observed that around 95 percent road accidents happened due to human error which could be reduced by making people aware about road safety.