In a bid to make people of the city aware about traffic rules, Chandigarh police have initiated a special drive joining hands with famous celebrities of Cricket who are presently in Chandigarh for IPl Season-6.
Talking to The Pioneer, Inspector General of Chandigarh Police, RP Upadhyaya said, “Under this initiative, UT police will organize several awareness camps in which cricketers will teach traffic rules to the general public.”
He said, “We have already made a proposal to Adam Gilchrist, Captain of Kings XI Punjab team and other members of the team to help Chandigarh police to make people aware about traffic rules.”
The IG said Gilchrist has accepted the proposal though no particular schedule has been fixed so far for the awareness camp.
The awareness camp of UT police with cricketers will be held for one hour where the general public will be taught to follow traffic rules.
“The prime purpose to join hands with these cricketers is to reduce the number of accidents in Chandigarh. These celebrities are the idols of public and their word carry a lot of weight not only among the city residents but also the police force, ” said Upadhyaya.
Earlier, when Indian cricket team captain MS Dhoni was in the city during a test match with Australia last month, he also joined the Chandigarh IG for a day, creating awareness about traffic rules.
The IGP said that Kings XI Punjab team has also accepted a proposal made by police department to create awareness about knowing self defense techniques to city girls to curb eve teasing incidents.
Self defence camps by UT police and Kings XI Punjab team will be held from April 26 to 30 at MCM College Sector-36, Panjab University, Carmel convent school sector-46, Infosys camp and PG Nursing college.