44 lakh students take part in road safety contest
As many as 44 lakh students participated in the All Haryana Road Safety Quiz Competition-2024 organised in all schools and colleges, with the aim of inculcating a culture of road safety among children.
Director General of Police Shatrujeet Kapur said students are the most powerful medium to create awareness about road safety and traffic rules. He said students in schools and colleges are the best teachers.
Through this quiz competition, students will not only be aware of road safety themselves but will also share important information about following traffic rules with their parents.
He said road safety is a serious issue and due to lack of information about safe driving, people often become victims of road accidents. He said road safety depends on three factors — driver, vehicle and road quality. Besides, lack of driving skills is another reason behind road accidents.
He added that many important works have been done under the campaign to make Haryana's roads safe for the people. All students were made aware of road safety rules through various quiz competitions. In addition, necessary improvements were made in road engineering as per the requirement and the accountability of the department concerned was ensured, he said. An initiative to provide immediate health facilities to the accident victims immediately after the accident had also begun, he said.
