CURATED BY – GAURAV SINGHAL | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Saharanpur, In order to create awareness among the general public about road safety in line with the instructions received from the government to celebrate Road Safety Fortnight from 02.10.2024 to 16.10.2024, an inaugural program for Road Safety Fortnight was organized today in the Saharanpur Police Line premises under the guidance of Manish Bansal, District Magistrate Saharanpur and Rohit Singh Sajwan, Senior Superintendent of Police Saharanpur. Addressing the inaugural program, District Magistrate Manish Bansal made all the drivers aware to wear seat belt / helmet while driving. In the same sequence, Senior Superintendent of Police Rohit Singh Sajwan also requested the dignitaries present in the program to wear helmet/seat belt compulsorily and follow all traffic rules and motivate other people and family members to follow traffic rules. While addressing the program, M.P. Singh, Assistant Divisional Transport Officer (Enforcement), Saharanpur also made all the dignitaries present aware about following traffic rules and good Samaritans who help the injured person in a road accident. Teachers and students of various schools present in the program also shared their experiences regarding road safety and highlighted "Road Safety is Life Saving".

At the end of the workshop, a grand bike rally was also organized with a promotional vehicle for road safety awareness, which was flagged off by District Magistrate Manish Bansal. The said two-wheeler rally started from the Police Line premises and passed through the main roads of the city such as Sadar Tiraha, Vishwakarma Chowk, Ghantaghar, Collectorate Tiraha and ended back at the Police Line premises, in which a large number of Police Department, Transport Department, NCC cadets as well as traffic wardens participated.

The above program was attended by District Magistrate Saharanpur, Senior Superintendent of Police Saharanpur as well as Siddharth Verma, Superintendent of Police (Traffic) Saharanpur, Devmani Bhartiya, Divisional Transport Officer (Administration) Saharanpur, M.P. Singh, Assistant Divisional Transport Officer (Enforcement) Saharanpur, K.N. Pandey and V.V. Shukla, Passenger/Freight Officer, Saharanpur, officials of Public Works Department and Medical and Education Department as well as a large number of traffic wardens and NCC cadets and students.