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Road Safety Seminar Awareness Seminar Held at Greenvalley Global School
By Priya Kapoor
Traffic awareness seminar was held at Greenvalley Global School, Jaipur on November 24, 2018 by representatives from Traffic Police, Delhi. Mr. Kulwant Singh Malhi, in charge Traffic Police Delhi, Mr. Gurpreet Singh, Head Constable, and Mr. Deepak Thakur, constable from Education Cell Traffic Police, Delhi gave informative lectures to the students from 10, +1, and +2 classes.
They informed the students that owning to the violation of traffic rules on roads by underage driving roads have become very unsafe, especially for school children. They presented shocking statistics connected with road rage. According to Road Accident Statistics India 1214 road crashes occur every day in India. 20 children under the age of 14 die every day due to road crashes in the country. One serious road accident in the country occurs every minute and 16 people die on Indian roads every hour.
They made students aware of the newly passed Road Safety Juvenile Driving Laws. According to the recently implemented Road Safety Bill 2016 the guardian /owner shall be deemed to be guilty in cases of offences by the juveniles and juvenile shall be tried under JJ act. The representatives from the Traffic Police Ludhiana appealed to the students to follow traffic rules to maintain safety for one and all.