To check road fatalities and make people aware about importance of following traffic rules, the district administration will observe 27th Road Safety Week from January 10.
To figure out an action plan for the seven-day-long event, Kawardha Collector R D Diwan on Saturday chaired a meeting which was attended by officials from the district administration and police department.
The road safety week will be dedicated on theme ‘road safety time for action’ and under this programme, strict compliance of traffic rule would be ensured by creating awareness among people. Besides, encouraging motorists to inculcate the habit of wearing helmet, pedestrians will also be suggested to follow traffic rules while moving on roads.
Similarly, to highlight the importance of helmet during driving, a rally ‘bike with helmet’ will be organized in Durg district of Chhattisgarh on January 10.
The rally will commence from Patel Chowk at 10 am and after traversing through 32 Bungalow, Sector-9 Hospital square, police petrol pump will culminate at Civic Center, Bhilai.
The rally will jointly be headed by Durg Collector, R Shangeetha; Superintendent of Police, Mayank Shrivastava and RTO officials.