Shri Gadkari Flags Off Road Safety Walk: Calls Upon The Youth to Educate The Public about Road Safety Issues
The
Minister for Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Shri Nitin
Gadkari flagged off a Road Safety Walk from India Gate in New Delhi this
morning. Union Minister for Civil Aviation Shri Ashok Gajpathi Raju and
Minister of State for Home Affair Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir were also present on the occasion. The walk was organized by the Ministry of
Road Transport and Highways, in association with Delhi Police and
Society for Indian Automobile Manufactures (SIAM) to create awareness
about road safety among the general public and to solicit their active
participation in the road safety movement. The walk marks the beginning of the Road Safety Week which is being observed from 9th to 15th of January 2017. Several NGOs and youth organizations also participated in the walk.
Speaking on the occasion Shri Gadkari reiterated
the commitment of his Ministry to reduce the number of road accidents
and the associated fatalities by 50 in the next few years. He said his
Ministry was working on all the 4 Es of road safety – Engineering,
Enforcement, Education and Emergency Care – to meet this objective. He
informed that the work of rectification of identified accident Black
Spots was on in full swing. An
amount of Rs 11,000 Crore has been set aside for this purpose. He also
called upon people to report to the Ministry any spot where there were
very frequent road accidents, so that steps could be taken to rectify
the engineering defects. He also informed that flyovers, underpasses,
crash barriers, rumble strips, traffic signages etc were being put up in an appropriate manner to bring down road accidents.
Shri
Gadkari also expressed hope that the Motor Vehicles (Amendment ) Bill
which is with the Department- related Parliamentary Standing Committee
on Transport, Tourism and Culture for examination will be passed by
Parliament in its next session.The Bill addresses road safety issues by
providing for stiffer penalties, permitting electronic enforcement,
improving fitness certification and licensing regime, statutory
provisions for protection of good Samaritans and recognition of IT
enabled enforcement systems. The Bill also paves way for reforms in public transport which in turn will help in improving road safety. The Bill contains provisions for treatment of accident victims during golden hour which will help in saving precious lives.
Referring
to the Good Samaritans Guidelines issued by the Ministry, Shri Gadkari
called upon people to come forward to help accident victims so that
prompt intervention and emergency care can save precious lives . He
called upon people to follow traffic rules and show responsibility on
roads. In this regard he called upon the youth of the country to reach
out to people and educate them about road safety issues.
Also
speaking on the occasion Shri A.Gajpathi Raju said that it is not
possible to make Indian roads safe unless people come forward and do
their bit in this regard. Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir also called for
people’s participation to bring down the number of road accidents and
fatalities related to these.
Secretary
Road Transport & Highways Shri Sanjay Mitra, Delhi Police
Commissioner Shri Alok Kumar Verma and Delhi Jt CP Traffic Ms Garima
Bhatnagar also addressed the gathering. A youth group presented a street
play on traffic rules and safety issues on the occasion.
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UM/NP
(Release ID :156228)
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