The 29th Road Safety Week commenced with a Helmet Awareness Rally at Motilal Nehru stadium and a Yatat Rath flagged off by Bhopal IG Jaideep Prasad on Monday.
The aim of the Road Safety Week is to make the citizens aware about the traffic rules and decrease the number of accidents, deaths and injuries in Bhopal district.
Helmet awareness rally started from Motilal Nehru Ground and passed through Roshanpura square, Apex Bank square, Board Office square, Old Jail trisection and culminated at Motilal Nehru Ground.
Traffic police have appealed to the citizens to follow traffic rules and wear helmet while riding a two-wheeler and safe yourself from accidents.
Emphasized would be made on better implementation of State Road Safety Policy 2015.
Better traffic management is responsibility of every commuter and not of the agencies assigned to manage it said district Collector Sudam Khade while addressing programme at the inauguration of Road Safety Week on Monday.
BMC would take action along with traffic police and would tow vehicles parked in no-parking zone.
District collector Sudam Khade issued orders of non-refilling of petrol for riders without helmet but on the
DIG Dharmendra Choudhary said that the slogan would follow religiously ‘Sadak Suraksha- Jeevan Raksha’.
IG Bhopal said that the fine imposed by traffic police is not a means of revenue but it is an imposed for breaking traffic rules and disturbing the traffic management.
On the occasion, SP (HQ) Rajesh Chandel, SP (South) Bhopal Rahul Kumar , SP (North) Bhopal Ajay Singh and senior police officials, police personnel and citizens were present.