In connection with celebration of Road Safety Week Emax
Group of Institutions organized an awareness camp in which over 100 drivers and
conductors of matadors and buses participated. The faculty members and students
advised and educated the drivers and conductors to strictly observe the traffic
rules as to avoid road mishaps and also the inconvenience to the passengers.
The prime intention of the program is to create road sense that helps people to
keep them safe on roads. The participants were asked to avoid overloading,
avoiding drunken driving, rash driving, using tape recorders, smoking, and
picking up and dropping the passengers at places other than the stops.
Awareness for two-wheelers and awareness about
Emergency Trauma Care was also spread by organizing a rally. Retd. Major Mishra,
Estate Officer at Emax Group of Institutions presented helmets to drivers of
two wheelers who were driving without helmet. He said that the purpose of Road
Safety Week is to make people understand the importance of Road safety.
Awareness about the First Aid required at the time of accident was also given
to the drivers.
Om Prakash Aggarwal, CMD Emax Group said that road an
accident kills faster than any other disease. He said that lakhs of persons get
killed or severely injured every year in roads accident causing loss of human
life as well as loss of property. These lives can be saved and accidents can be
avoided by awareness of road safety norms.
Chairman PR Bansal said that the Road Safety
Programme organized by the Emax, aims to inform the public and thereby raise
its awareness to traffic and safety problems. On the basis of key target
groups, such as drivers and college students, this initiative aims to cover all
of society.
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