Chandigarh Police celebrate 30th National Road Safety Week
National Tele24 News
Vinay Kumar
Chandigarh
30th
National Road Safety Week was inaugurated by Sh. Sanjay Baniwal, IPS, Director
General of Police, UT, Chandigarh at Govt. College, Sector 46, Chandigarh.
During this programme, Dr. O.P. Mishra, IPS, DIG/Chandigarh, Sh. Shashank
Anand, IPS, SSP/Traffic & Security, Smt. Nilambari Jagdale, IPS,
SSP/L&O, Dr. Rosy Walia, Principle, Govt. College, Sector 46,
Chandigarh, Sh. Harman Singh Sidhu, President ArriveSafe, Mr. Gaurav Kathuria,
Vice President, HDFC Bank, various traffic marshals and police officers were
present. Road safety talk was delivered by the Chief Guest Sh. Sanjay Baniwal, IPS,
Director General of Police, UT, Chandigarh and Dr. O.P. Mishra, IPS, DIG/Chandigarh.
Further, Road Accident Analysis Book-2019 was also released by
W/DGP/Chandigarh. Sh. Harman Singh Sidhu, President ArriveSafe delivered a talk
on importance of road safety. Skit on road safety titled “Chhoo Lo Asman” was
also performed by Traffic Marshals. The 30 th National Road Safety Week-2019
are being observed from 04.02.2019 to 10.02.2019 as per the instructions issued
by the Govt. of India, The theme of this Road Safety Week this year is “Sadak Suraksha-Jeevan
Raksha”. During the Road Safety Week, various road safety activities such as
inter school declamation contest for school students, helmet rally by female
two wheeler riders, painting competition for school children, First Aid
Training to the traffic and PCR, workshop for auto rickshaw drivers, blood
donation camp for road accident victims and free health checkup camp will be
organized to raise the level of road safety awareness among the general public.