Don’t flout traffic rules: Top cop to road users

Hyderabad: Director General of Police (DGP) Anurag Sharma on Monday has appealed to the people of Telangana to observe ‘Accident Free Day’ on January 31.

Speaking to the media after inaugurating the renovated building of Central Crime Station (CCS) of the city police, the DGP said that road safety has become a matter of serious concern because India is losing 1.5 lakh precious human lives every year due to accidents.

We are losing 7,000 precious human lives every year in Telangana alone. Statistics show that 20 persons die in 60 road accidents in Telangana State every day he said adding that pedestrians and two wheelers account for 50 per cent of the total deaths.

“It has also been found that 50 per cent of the total deaths are in the age group of 18 to 35 years. Therefore, I appeal to all the road users in the State to follow traffic rules by taking all precautions. Let us demonstrate our commitment towards safe and secure Telangana State,” Anurag Sharma said.

He also requested the people to make ‘accident free day’ a success by extending full cooperation to the police.

Commending the hard work put in by the city police team and the Police Housing Corporation in renovating the CCS building, the DGP said that it now has a pleasant environment unlike the old building which presented a gloomy look.

City police under the stewardship of Commissioner Mahender Reddy have procured and installed sophisticated equipment and advanced software to set up a state of the art cyber crime and clues team laboratories, he said.

With the sophisticated equipment, city police will bring laurels to the State in detecting various crimes, Anurag Sharma said adding that proposals would be sent to the government for setting up similar facilities in all the districts in the State to ensure modern policing.

Senior police officials from the Police Housing Corporation and city police attended the programme.