The 28th Road Safety Week that started with the theme ‘Your Safety, family’s safety and focus on road safety’ concluded at Samanvay Bhavan on Wednesday.
IG Bhopal Yogesh Choudhary praised and expressed gratitude towards particpants who helped traffic police in spreading awareness of traffic rules through different programmes.
He appealed to wear helmet while riding two wheeler and use seat belts while drivinf and travelling in four wheeler and said that to penalize the riders and drivers without helmet and seat belts is to encourage them to use helmet and seat belt for their safety.
At the concluding ceremony ASP (Traffic) Sameer Yadav presented the activities conducted during the road safety week. In coordiantion wiht weights and measure department, pollution control board police have conducted vehcile checking.
He told that around 20000 students across the schools and colleges of the city participated in the awareness programmes. Eye testing camps were organised for commercial vehicle drivers. Posters and pamphlets caryying awareness regarding traffic rules were distributed.
The aim of the Road Safety Week was to make aware the citizens towards traffic rules and decreasing the number of accidents, deaths and injured in Bhopal district.
During the road safety week Sewa Sadan Hospital Bairagarh, TRUBA College, Benazir College, BSSS College, Shir Satya Sai College, Sarojini Naidu Girls College, Institute for Excellecne in Higher Education Bhopal, Anand Vihar College for Women, MVM participated in the awareness programe and winners of these institutes and organisations were feliciated for pariticipating in different activities during the road safety week .
On the occasion senior police officers and participants of awareness programme were present at the occasion.