Stating that the number of accidents-related deaths have far exceeded than the number of people murdered in the country, Additional Director General of Police UK lal on Saturday said that to control and curb the increasing number of accidents related deaths, the process of granting driving licences would be made difficult and further informed that the licences would be provided only after clearing a written and practical test.
The police officer stated this on the concluding day of the Road Safety Week, which was commenced on January 5 at the Police Training and Research Institute (PTRI) in Jehangirabad locality of the city. The officer further lamented that other departments were not actively participated in shouldering the responsibility during the accidents which is a serious matter of concern. Other officers including IG DC Sagar and DIG D Shrinivas Varma were also participated.
Director General of Police Bhopal Varma emphasised on the compulsory addition of traffic education in the school curriculum. More awareness programmes should be conducted in schools and colleges which would help in decreasing the number of road accidents. The students should be aware of the traffic rules so that they would commute safely on roads and could provided safety to other commuters.
Inspector General of Police DC Sagar said during the road safety week facilities and compensation provided by Government for injured people in the accidents should be informed. Additional Superintendent of Police MK Jain gave details of the programmes using point presentation. Traffic police personnel and students were felicitated by the special guests on the occasion. Superintendent of Police SK Shukla told that the road safety week would be concluded but theme based awareness programmes would be continued, a new theme for every month would be set for the programmes. For the month of February 2014 the theme would be ‘use of low beam light in the city during nights’.