Students of seven schools were educated about traffic rules by the traffic police personnel under the on going 25th ‘Road Safety Week’ in the State capital. Around 10,500 students were informed about traffic rules.
Sagar Public school in Saket Nagar, Crescent Memorial Higher Secondary School in Bairagarh, Hema Higher Secondary school in Govindpura, Bonie Foi School on Ayodhya Bypass road, Mother Teresa School on Kolar Road and Bal Bhawan School at Shymala Hills were the schools which were covered during the road safety week to spread awareness about traffic rules. On Wednesday, district police along with traffic police conducted a vehicle checking drive to manage the traffic and imposed fine on around 19 vehicles owners under Section 279 and 283 of the IPC.
Street plays were organized by Aarti Mourya of voluntary organisation RI Group at Manisha Market, Mother Teresa School and TT Nagar dussehra ground and distributed pamphlets regarding traffic rules.
At Board office square traffic police inspector Radha Pandey along with officials of Weights and Measurement Department conducted a vehicle checking drive in which 19 auto-rickshaws were checked and action was taken against six vehicle owners. In the vehicle checking drive the local police stations are providing support to the traffic police personnel.
Problems, feedback and suggestions from women passengers using City bus services were collected at the Alpana Talkies square.
Using Public Address system awareness about traffic rules was propagated. Banner, pamphlets and stickers having messages of road safety and traffic rules were distributed.
On January 9 group discussions, painting competitions and traffic park visits would be held.