HAILAKANDI: ACCIDENT MANAGED TO CREATE AWARENESS

While a phrase goes ‘Accidents do not happen they are caused’ . The 29th National Road Safety Week highlights eradiction of accidents from the streets. The slug line carries a message to make roads safer.  To spread the message of road safety District Transport Office (DTO) in association with traffic police and health personnel stage managed a road accident involving two-wheelers at a busy traffic intersection in Hailakandi town at peak hours today. Observed as part of the ongoing  road safety week the accident involving the two-wheelers coming from opposite directions looked so real that people rushed instantly to rescue the injured persons who were riding the two-wheelers without helmets. While the traffic police also rushed to the scene with an ambulance blaring sirens reaching the spot within a few seconds to transport the blood-oozing victims to the hospital. The play was observed by many pedestrians. Leaflets and pamphlets urging the people to observe the rule of the road were distributed by the DTO and traffic police personnel.

The traffic authorities and DTO Nripen Kalita took the initiative behind the show and highlighted the  message how wearing helmets and shunning mobile phones while driving can prevent mishaps and save lives.

Apart from this, the administration also banned the plying of illegal vehicles, overloaded trucks and vehicles with protruding iron roads and other lethal objects. Deputy Commissioner cum Chairperson, District Road Safety Committee, Adil Khan has put into effect a slew of new traffic management strategies to minimise road mishaps that are on the rise across the districts