The Delhi Police has launched the third edition of the 'School Road Safety Awareness Campaign' and has also decided to keep the city clean. Commissioner of Police (CP) Amulya Patnaik on Wednesday said the Road safety campaign this year is coinciding with 'Swachchhta Mission' of Central Government to make the city roads clean as well as safe for the commuters.
“This is a special occasion as our Road Safety Campaign this year is coinciding with Swachchhta Mission of Government of India and both these habits should be our prime responsibility as even after being the Capital, Delhi is still far from achieving the ideal tag. Good habits get inculcated at a young age and in due course become persistent habits. Awareness on road safety and cleanliness are intricately interconnected and these two need to be inculcated and cultivated at a very young age and should be imparted as a part of our academic curriculum as well as in upbringing, as a step towards preparing good citizens in nation building,' Patnaik, while addressing hundreds of school children.
The police chief further urged all the principals present at the event to teach important road skills to the students teachings in daily morning assembly.
The campaign saw the presence of senior police personnel including Amulya Patnaik, Commissioner of Police, Taj Hassan, Special CP (Traffic) and Joint CP (Traffic) Alok Kumar.
“Around 12 lakh students from 1100 schools were imparted road safety training last year. This year DTP will be targeting 15 lakh students from around 1500 schools. It is very important to learn the basic road safety rules and regulations in this age because kids learn fast and impart the knowledge to other even the elders,” said Taj Hassan, Special CP (Traffic).
Delhi Traffic Police in association with Swachchhta Bharat Mission will conduct creativity and competition such painting, quiz, essay writing and nukkad natak competitions at school, district, range and state level to inculcate good civic habits in children. The winning students/teams participating in each competition at each level will be awarded with attractive prizes, Hassan said.
