To make people particularly children aware of traffic laws state government sanctioned special funds for each district on Wednesday evening.
According to a communiqué of the Home Department released on Wednesday evening, principal secretary, AK Gupta claimed that the government sanctioned Rs 3 lakh to big cities, Rs 2 lakh to other towns besides Rs 1 lakh each to smaller districts.
Gupta had directed all the districts police chiefs to use the fund for spreading better traffic sense amongst the masses. He asked to put hoardings and other pamphlets displaying traffic rules besides also to organise camps in school and colleges to make the children aware of how to follow the traffic guidelines for their own safety as well as of others.
Meanwhile the Fire Department also held three day workshop on better co-ordination and how to deal with difficult situations. The workshop held at Institute of Management Studies in Aliganj under the guidance of ADG (Fire) Praveen Singh, discussed how to handle the situation if the fire broke out even in buildings which is 300 meters high like in NOIDA etc.
The fire personnel were told that how they could also utilized the services of helicopters not just to defuse the fire but also to rescue the victims safely. Besides senior officers of the Fire Department of UP and Delhi, the meeting was also attended by General Manager of Airport Authority of India, Subash Kumar, DIG of Central Industrial Security Forces (CISF) Dr KC Wadhwa etc.