About 100 road safety kits and 10 stretchers were presented to the East Singhbhum district police on Tuesday by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Young Indians at a function. SSP Prabhat Kumar and DSP Traffic Kamal Kishore were present in the function organised in the conference hall located in Bistupur police station premises. These first aid kits will be used for first aid to the injured after a road accident and for taking them to the hospital immediately.
Addressing the ceremony, SSP Prabhat Kumar praised the work being done by Young Indians in the field of road safety. Especially praised the Chhota Coop program being run by Young Indians to create awareness about road traffic among students in schools. He said that Jamshedpur Police will work on road safety awareness programmes in collaboration with Young Indians.
SSP Prabhat Kumar said that the first hour after any accident is the golden hour. If proper help is given to the injured in this hour, life can be saved. He said that every month 28 to 30 accidents are recorded in the district in which 20 accidents are fatal. 70 percent of the youth are affected in these accidents. This initiative of Young Indians will prove to be important in saving the lives of people during the Golden Hour. The SSP said that these devices will be used in highway patrolling and in police stations adjacent to the highway. These kits will also be present in the patrolling vans. He said that in the past, 150 district police personnel were also given first aid training by the Tata Steel Foundation. This kit will be handed over to those jawans only so that the lives of those injured in road accidents can be saved.
Apart from Jamshedpur SSP Prabhat Kumar, Traffic DSP Kamal Kishore, Bistupur police station in-charge Anjani Kumar and many officials of Jamshedpur police were present in the ceremony. Mansi Aggarwal, Akash Anand, Mridul Goyal, Umang Aggarwal, Ankit Countia, Rashmi Countia, Bhavin Gandhi, Umang Ranpara, Barkha Kedia, Nidhi Aggarwal, Bijal Mehta and Neha Aggarwal were present on this occasion.