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Road safety clubs to spring up across Telangana State
Stating that there were more deaths in the age group of 18-22 in road accidents and terming it as a great loss to the nation and the State, Transport Minister P Mahender Reddy said that the government would start Road Safety Clubs right from the school level to university level in the State.
Hyderabad: Stating that there were more deaths in the age group of 18-22 in road accidents and terming it as a great loss to the nation and the State, Transport Minister P Mahender Reddy said that the government would start Road Safety Clubs right from the school level to university level in the State.
While speaking at the National Road Safety Week celebrations here on Tuesday, the Minister expressed concern over the death of youth, mostly in the age group of 18-22, in the road accidents. He said that about 1.5 lakh were killed in five lakh accidents in the country and 7,000 deaths in 20,000 accidents in the State. He said that Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao was giving importance to road safety in the State, to increase the brand image of Telangana, by making the State accident free.
The minister informed that the government would set up Road Safety clubs right from school level to Universities and ensure students take part in the road safety activities voluntarily. He said that government would take up awareness among the students as they are prone to getting involved in
accidents.
The minister further said that the government was taking steps under road safety as per the orders of Supreme Court which mandates the use of seat belts and helmets. In Adilabad district, strict rule of ‘No Helmet No Petrol’ is implemented and the initiative of ‘No Helmet No Office’ is also fetching good results,” said Mahender Reddy. He said that the government had identified the accidental prone areas on the National and State highways and was taking precautionary steps to prevent accidents.
The government is taking up awareness campaign with short films like ‘Mister Rido’ to curb the accident rate. He called upon the voluntary organisations to help the government in this regard. Mahender Reddy informed that the transport department was giving importance to e-governance. The initiatives of department like cash less transactions and M-wallet are model for other States, he added.
