Excelsior Correspondent
DODA, Jan 11: Motor Vehicles Department (MVD) today organised a road safety awareness program to mark the inauguration of ‘Road Safety Week 2023’ and Swachhata Pakhwada by organising a joint traffic naka on Batote-Doda Highway near Assar, here today. The event will culminate on January 17.
ADC, Dr RK Bharti inaugurated the programmes in presence of SDM Assar, Lekh Raj; ARTO Kuldeep Singh; DySP Traffic, Baljit Singh; SHO Assar, Popinder Kotwal; DTI Javed Kataria, Er Harjote Singh NHIDCL and staff of MVD, Doda.
The joint traffic naka of MVD, Traffic Police, and District Police was established on the directions of Vishesh Paul Mahajan, Deputy Commissioner (Chairman DRSC) at KM 9 which will remain functional till January 17 to check the fatigue of truck /tractor/trolley /tipper drivers and to impart road safety awareness, check the rear side of truck and tractor trolley about red light or retro reflective sheet to avoid rear collision, special drive on NHs to stop wrong side driving, special drive to stop overloading and to stop entry of vehicles in District Doda in violation of MV Act.
The ADC addressed the drivers/transporters/general public about road safety and appealed to them to follow traffic rules/regulations while driving to avoid untoward incidents and to ensure safety of the passengers as well as the road users.
The ARTO said that the purpose of the program was to inculcate the importance of road safety in our day to day life to ensure the personal safety as well as safety of the others. He shared the schedule of activities to be conducted during the road safety week and elaborated in brief all the necessary parameters of road safety and the traffic rules/regulations to be followed.
He also spoke about the “Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan” and appealed to refrain from drugs/intoxicant substances for their healthy life and safety of the others being carried by them in their vehicles.
DySP Traffic appealed to imbibe the habit of use of seat belts, wearing of helmets, and avoid taking intoxicants while driving. Besides, pamphlets on road safety were also distributed among the road users.
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