The SP Haridwar City Surjit Singh Panwar said that during the Road Safety Week observed from 11 to 17 January, many events were lined up by the police department in collaboration with different associations, hospitals and industries.On 11 January, stickers were pasted over 300 heavy and very heavy vehicles by police in association with SIDCUl and Rotary Club. In the health check- up camp hosted the next day with assistance from The Max Hospital, over 500 drivers attended.
On 13 January, an eye check- up camp was organised with the help of Hans Hospital, meant particularly for the drivers. Panwar said that the drivers being in direct contact with the roads and vehicles can cause accidents much in the same way they can avert accidents. However, they are not well qualified in most of the cases. Besides, they are careless about their health, given their busy schedules.
On 16 January, there was also a health and eye check- up camp at Hero Honda Motor Corp in SIDCUl premises where around 500 drivers attended. On 17 January, there was slide- show of road signals in the DAV Public School and Shivdale Public School in the city.