Kamrup transport administration observes Road Safety Week

GUWAHATI: The district transport administration, Kamrup is observing the '23rd Road Safety Week' since January 1 with the theme of 'accident brings tears, safety brings cheers'. The week-long programme this year is mainly concentrating on educating school students on various road safety measures.
"We are giving an hour long class to students here to make them aware of the latest traffic signs and other traffic laws.Spot essay writing and quiz competition are also being organised to encourage them. The winners of the quiz competition will be given cash prize," said Dwijen Das, DTO Kamrup (metro).
The transport department has prepared an audiovisual presentation, which is being shown to school students here. "The state-wide essay writing competition is undergoing. The winners will be selected soon. Already 60 essays have been collected from across the state," he added.
The city traffic police are also running a drive on drunken driving here. "We are running the alcohol breath testing in the city and penalizing drunk drivers. The traffic department is going to be strict on drunken driving cases as our motto is to save human lives," said the city traffic police, S P Vivekananda Das.
The city traffic police have also organised street plays across the city to make people aware of traffic laws and road safety.
Besides, on Wednesday the transport department gave training to more than 200 drivers of trucks and other heavy vehicles on 'how to take extra precautions while driving with hazardous goods'.
"On Tuesday, we trained bus drivers while truck drivers were trained on Wednesday. We have taught them the latest road signs and electric road signals. They were also taught to handle emergency situations," said the DTO.
Apart from these, there will be free eye and health check-up for the drivers during the week-long celebration. The road safety week will end on Saturday.