A student gives badge to a driver in Dimapur as part of the National Road Safety Week on January 14. (Morung Photo)
Dimapur, January 14: Being stuck in traffic in Dimapur is almost a daily episode now. Vehicles creating more than one lane during traffic jams have also become everyday occurrences. This trend of creating a new lane during traffic jams is proving to be a bane to traffic jams. To discourage this, the District Transport Department held a drive at the Burma Camp stretch of the National Highway 29, and, making vehicles follow a single lane.
This is in continuation of the 24th National Road Safety Week, which is being observed nationwide from January 11 to 17, and was the second day of the ‘single lane’ drive. The East Police Station stretch of the busy Kohima Road saw the ‘single lane’ drive being enforced in the morning hours yesterday. Led by the District Transport Officer, the drive is assisted by the District Administration, Police, and, Scouts & Guides from Vidhya Bhawan School.
In its effort to create road safety awareness, the student Scouts & Guides were seen carrying placards, some of which read - Drive with care, life has no spare; Don’t mix drinking and driving; Always wear helmets; Don’t over-speed; Use low beam at night etc. Some of the Scouts & Guides were also seen distributing sweets to passing drivers.
Government of India, Ministry of road Transport and Highways (Road Safety Cell) has declared January 11-17 2014 as the 25th Road Safety Week. The theme for the week is “When you are on the road, always say Pehele Aap.”
During the whole week celebration of this campaign, variety of educational banners, safety posters, safety films, pocket guides and leaflets related to the road safety are distributed to the on road travelers. They get motivated about the road safety while travelling on road means having planned, well-organized and professional way travelling. People who travel in unprofessional way are requested to use road safety measures and follow traffic rules by giving them roses.
