Chandigarh(Face2News Bureau)

The National Road Safety Week is observed in January every year all over the country to inculcate the culture of road safety amongst the citizens. Chandigarh Traffic Police is organizing the 26th  Road Safety Week 2015 in UT, Chandigarh from 27th January to 2nd February, 2015 with the theme “Safety is not just a slogan, It’s a way of life.”  In this context the traffic awareness and Cultural Programme was inaugurated by the Chief Guest Sh. Anurag Aggarwal IAS, Home Secretary, UT Chandigarh at Children Traffic Park Sector 23, Chandigarh. On the occasion Sh. A.S Cheema IPS, DIG/UT, Chandigarh, Dr.Sukhchain Singh Gill IPS, SSP/UT, Chandigarh, Sh. Maneesh Chaudhry IPS, SSP/Traffic & Security, Sh. R.N. Meena, IPS, Commandant IRB, Dr. N.S. Brar IPS, ASP/Traffic/South & Road Safety, all DSPs & Inspectors and Traffic Marshals were present in the function. Sh. Anurag Aggarwal IAS, Hon’ble Home Secretary, UT Chandigarh gave lecture on road safety and urged the people to follow traffic rules/regulations and cooperate with the traffic police. A skit on Road Safety prepared by the Chandigarh Police personnel was also played during the occasion. Some good Traffic Police Personnel and Traffic Marshals were also awarded by the Chief Guest for bravery and good duty. The awardees  of traffic staff HC Kanwar Pal, Rajinder, Constables Gurmeet, Sikander and the Traffic marshals Wd. Cdr. C.S. Grewal, Sh. Badrinath Sharma, Sh. T.C Gogia, Sh. L.K Arora, Sh. J.S Sarpal, Sh. Raja Bahadur Jain, Sh. Amandeep Basur, Sh. B.M Miottal, Sh. M.M Khan, Sh. Kulbir Singh and Sh. A.J.S Maken.Mr.Sahib Singh & Mrs. Jassi Olakh are the helping hands of Chandigarh Traffic Police. They also grace the occasion. Beside this, Road Safety Workshops were also organized in Carmel Convent School, Sector 9, Chandigarh and Airtel IT Park, Chandigarh. In these workshops students/employees participated, traffic Inspectors and traffic marshals delivered the lecture on road safety and distributed the road safety literatures to the participants. Films on road safety were also shown to aware them about the traffic rules and regulations. A seven days road safety exhibition from 27th Jan to 2nd Feb 2015 is installed at Plaza Sector 17, Chandigarh to aware the general public regarding the road safety and traffic rules/regulation by showing films & road safety videos. The literature on road safety is also being distributed among the Public to aware them regarding road safety. Public announcement are also being made at the major light Points.