Press Note on 28th Road Safety Week (23.01.2017)
Government of Telangana state has decided to observe 17th to 23rd January 2017 as Road Safety Week in order to create awareness and a greater sense of responsibility towards Road Safety.
The Road Safety wing of Telangana Police Department has proposed to organize a series of activities during the week keeping in view the Causative Factors of Road Accidents.
2.0 In this connection, Day wise Programme on Road safety week to be observed is as
follows:-
ROAD SAFETY WEEK-DAY WISE PROGRAMME
Date Theme Departments to be involved
17-01-2017 Education Teachers+ Students +Education Department
18-01-2017 Drunken Driving Excise Department+ hotel/ Bars+ Wine shops
19-01-2017 Over Speeding + Transport+ Medical & Health+ R& B
20-01-2017 Over loading + Transport +R&B
21-01-2017 Helmets + Police + Local Governments
22-01-2017 Seat belt + HMDA + City Police + Urban Local Governments
23-01-2017 Mobile Phone IT Industry + Telecom Service Provider (TSP)
3.0 Today, Mobile Phone is being the theme all the Police Officers in the State participated in Road Safety Programs against “Mobile Phone”.
1Karimnagar
Commissionerate
1) Road Safety Awareness programme held at Transport
office, Karimnagar in Coordination with Transport Dept
and attended by Sri Kamal Hasan Reddy, IPS.,
Commissioner along with District Collected and about
500 Engineering students.
2 Nalgonda District
1) Sri N.Prakash Reddy, IPS., Superintendent of Police,
Nalgonda District and Police Staff conducted awareness
programmes on Cell Phone driving , Essay writing ,and
painting competitions and Minor Road Repairs and
closing down the unnecessary medians.
2) Sri Gourav Uppal,IAS Dist collector Nalgonda, Sri N. Prakash
Reddy, IPS Supdt.of. Police Nalgonda Dist., Director and
Principle of SRTIST college along with Traffic Police, RTA
officials attended the programme and addressed the
gathering about (500) students and explained about the
Traffic Rules and Regulations i.e. Cell phone driving, Triple
Riding ,Drunken Driving , Over Speeding, without Seat Belt ,
without Helmets etc. and how to prevent Road Accidents and
come down fatalities in the district through the ART(Accident
Resolution Team) system and identification of Black spots and
taking precautionary measures at the places etc. and in this
programme it is decided that “No Helmet No bike” ( the new
Bike can’t be released without helmet from showroom from
today onwards.
3) The KALAJATHA team organized songs programmes and
also Police exhibited short Film and Live videos to the
students for prevention of Road accidents.
4) Similarly in Nalgonda II Town SHO and his staff
organized the programme of minor road repairs and
closing down unnecessary medians through Janamythri
Police as a part of Road Safety Week at Savarkar Nagar X
road.
3 Wanaparthy District
1) Conducted essay and poetry competition to all school
students.
2) Conducted awareness campaigns in vehicle checking
points and also gave flowers to whoever followed traffic
rules.
4 Suryapet District
1) Awareness programme on Cell phone driving and Triple
Riding
2) Our kala Brundam performed well and sensitized auto
and Lorry drivers and associations on over loading and
drunken driving.
3) 1200 students of Engineering, Degree College and junior
colleges and school attended the awareness programme
and Pledge for safe driving.
4) Rallies chairpersons, RTA official, NHAI and GMR
representatives and medical department officials and
public representatives participated in Road Safety
Awareness programmes in Suryapet District.
4.0 The Road Safety Week is being taken very seriously by entire police of
Telangana State. All the citizens and Road users are requested to take all
precautionary measure while driving on the road, to avoid accidents and
injuries.
5.0 The Theme for tomorrow is “MINORS DRIVING”
6.0 All the officers of police department were told to conduct various
programmes along with other stake holders such as Education, Medical & Health Department along with Transport Department and spread awareness that “Safety First” is “Safety Always”.
7.0 It is decided to observe 31.01.2017 as “ACCIDENT FREE DAY”.
Sd/-
T. KRISHNA PRASAD, IPS.,
Addl. Director General of Police,
Railways & Road Safety,
Telangana State.
2.3. Thus, 94% of the Road Accidents caused because of “Drivers fault” are those which can be controlled/reduced by effective enforcement by law enforcement agencies by checking:
i. Over Speeding using Laser Guns.
ii. Overloading/overcrowding by using M.V. Act and Rules, weigh bridges.
iii. Drunken Driving by using Breath analyzers.
All of them are Evidence Based Enforcement. Effective Surveillance and enforcement is essential on National Highways and State Highways to control over speed and rash & negligence driving of the drivers.
There are specific sections of law to deal with the above violations. But, lack of orientation, lack of commitment, lack of capacity building and more importantly, lack of dedicated Police Wing, make the violations go unchecked, thereby causing accidents and deaths. Special drives are to be conducted periodically. A special drive against these violations for 3 months in the year 2011 resulted in decrease of deaths by 157.
Government of Telangana state has decided to observe 17th to 23rd January 2017 as Road Safety Week in order to create awareness and a greater sense of responsibility towards Road Safety.
The Road Safety wing of Telangana Police Department has proposed to organize a series of activities during the week keeping in view the Causative Factors of Road Accidents.
2.0 In this connection, Day wise Programme on Road safety week to be observed is as
follows:-
ROAD SAFETY WEEK-DAY WISE PROGRAMME
Date Theme Departments to be involved
17-01-2017 Education Teachers+ Students +Education Department
18-01-2017 Drunken Driving Excise Department+ hotel/ Bars+ Wine shops
19-01-2017 Over Speeding + Transport+ Medical & Health+ R& B
20-01-2017 Over loading + Transport +R&B
21-01-2017 Helmets + Police + Local Governments
22-01-2017 Seat belt + HMDA + City Police + Urban Local Governments
23-01-2017 Mobile Phone IT Industry + Telecom Service Provider (TSP)
3.0 Today, Mobile Phone is being the theme all the Police Officers in the State participated in Road Safety Programs against “Mobile Phone”.
1Karimnagar
Commissionerate
1) Road Safety Awareness programme held at Transport
office, Karimnagar in Coordination with Transport Dept
and attended by Sri Kamal Hasan Reddy, IPS.,
Commissioner along with District Collected and about
500 Engineering students.
2 Nalgonda District
1) Sri N.Prakash Reddy, IPS., Superintendent of Police,
Nalgonda District and Police Staff conducted awareness
programmes on Cell Phone driving , Essay writing ,and
painting competitions and Minor Road Repairs and
closing down the unnecessary medians.
2) Sri Gourav Uppal,IAS Dist collector Nalgonda, Sri N. Prakash
Reddy, IPS Supdt.of. Police Nalgonda Dist., Director and
Principle of SRTIST college along with Traffic Police, RTA
officials attended the programme and addressed the
gathering about (500) students and explained about the
Traffic Rules and Regulations i.e. Cell phone driving, Triple
Riding ,Drunken Driving , Over Speeding, without Seat Belt ,
without Helmets etc. and how to prevent Road Accidents and
come down fatalities in the district through the ART(Accident
Resolution Team) system and identification of Black spots and
taking precautionary measures at the places etc. and in this
programme it is decided that “No Helmet No bike” ( the new
Bike can’t be released without helmet from showroom from
today onwards.
3) The KALAJATHA team organized songs programmes and
also Police exhibited short Film and Live videos to the
students for prevention of Road accidents.
4) Similarly in Nalgonda II Town SHO and his staff
organized the programme of minor road repairs and
closing down unnecessary medians through Janamythri
Police as a part of Road Safety Week at Savarkar Nagar X
road.
3 Wanaparthy District
1) Conducted essay and poetry competition to all school
students.
2) Conducted awareness campaigns in vehicle checking
points and also gave flowers to whoever followed traffic
rules.
4 Suryapet District
1) Awareness programme on Cell phone driving and Triple
Riding
2) Our kala Brundam performed well and sensitized auto
and Lorry drivers and associations on over loading and
drunken driving.
3) 1200 students of Engineering, Degree College and junior
colleges and school attended the awareness programme
and Pledge for safe driving.
4) Rallies chairpersons, RTA official, NHAI and GMR
representatives and medical department officials and
public representatives participated in Road Safety
Awareness programmes in Suryapet District.
4.0 The Road Safety Week is being taken very seriously by entire police of
Telangana State. All the citizens and Road users are requested to take all
precautionary measure while driving on the road, to avoid accidents and
injuries.
5.0 The Theme for tomorrow is “MINORS DRIVING”
6.0 All the officers of police department were told to conduct various
programmes along with other stake holders such as Education, Medical & Health Department along with Transport Department and spread awareness that “Safety First” is “Safety Always”.
7.0 It is decided to observe 31.01.2017 as “ACCIDENT FREE DAY”.
Sd/-
T. KRISHNA PRASAD, IPS.,
Addl. Director General of Police,
Railways & Road Safety,
Telangana State.
2.3. Thus, 94% of the Road Accidents caused because of “Drivers fault” are those which can be controlled/reduced by effective enforcement by law enforcement agencies by checking:
i. Over Speeding using Laser Guns.
ii. Overloading/overcrowding by using M.V. Act and Rules, weigh bridges.
iii. Drunken Driving by using Breath analyzers.
All of them are Evidence Based Enforcement. Effective Surveillance and enforcement is essential on National Highways and State Highways to control over speed and rash & negligence driving of the drivers.
There are specific sections of law to deal with the above violations. But, lack of orientation, lack of commitment, lack of capacity building and more importantly, lack of dedicated Police Wing, make the violations go unchecked, thereby causing accidents and deaths. Special drives are to be conducted periodically. A special drive against these violations for 3 months in the year 2011 resulted in decrease of deaths by 157.
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