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Inter-school Poster Competition on
Road Safety July 31, 2017, Rotary Club, Jaipur
Organised by
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Background
CUTS has been working in the area of Road Safety for more than two decades. Since
2005 onwards CUTS has also been engaging with the Parliamentarians through
Parliamentarians’ Forum on Economic Policy Issues (PARFORE), a non-partisan
informal forum conceived by CUTS. A special meeting of PARFORE on Road Safety issue
was organised on November 16, 2016 in Delhi wherein nine Members of Parliament
(MPs) cutting across party lines participated and provided their valuable inputs. In the
final stages to get the MVA Bill enacted, National Advocacy Meeting (NAM) was
organised in New Delhi on February 02, 2017, which brought together a cross-section of
stakeholders.
Regional advocacy meeting were organised in Jaipur (Rajasthan), Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
and Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala). Further, to propagate the message at divisional
level, meetings were also organised in various districts like Chittorgarh, Dholpur and
Kota in Rajasthan.
Carrying on with its advocacy efforts, ‘Inter-school Poster Competition on Road Safety’
was organised by CUTS International on July 31, 2017, at Rotary Club, Jaipur under the
project entitled “Campaign for Road Safety in India through Advocacy for the Speedy
Enactment of Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill, 2017”. The one point agenda to organise
this poster competition was to extend the reach out to the school students and to make
them realise the need of Road Safety, to educate them and make aware about the road
safety issues. About 55 students representing more than 12 schools of Jaipur actively
participated in the event.
Proceedings
Deepak Saxena, Assistant Director, CUTS International welcomed all the participants and teachers representing various schools of Jaipur, Rajasthan. During his opening remarks he spoke about the main objective of the poster competition, which was to educate and make the students aware regarding the road safety issues. He also stated that the country is towards the higher side in terms of road accidents. Further, he mentioned that the country has only 2 percent of the vehicular population, but it accounts for more than 10 percent of the road accidents of the world, which is really an alarming situation. On an average, 1324 accidents occur in a day resulting in 57 accidents per hour and 17 people die every hour in such accidents, he added. Saxena informed that every month about 12000 people die in road accidents. Due to the delay in bringing in strict laws, consistently, road fatalities are occurring at an alarming rate, which is a huge loss for the country’s economy. Most of the road fatalities fall in the age group of 15-34 years, which means the young generation of India, is unfortunately becoming victim of deadly roads of India. Besides, he also briefly mentioned about the upcoming Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Act, 2017 and highlighted its key features.
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Hence, the main objective of the intervention is to have safer roads in future, and explained rules and regulations of the poster competition. Timings of poster competition was 11 pm to 2 pm.
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Registration and Opening Address
Avoid Overloading: Overloading is illegal and may lead to serious accidents, if prohibited can
control accidents on road
Speed Control : To ensure safety of road users ideal driving speed should be between 20-30 km/h, especially in residential areas and market places
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Using Helmets: Helmet should be used to avoid any head injury while riding a two- wheeler. Helmets should meet also meet the required quality standards for reducing the probability of severe head injuries
Traffic Rules and Signs: One should be responsible enough to follow traffic rules to prevent
accidents. Thus, drink and drive, and using mobiles while driving should be avoided at any
cost
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Glimpses of the Poster Competition
School Children with their Creations
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In Media
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List of Participants
Poster Competition
Jaipur, July 31, 2017
S. No. Name Name & Address of the Organisation
1 Kavita Meena Govt. Maharaja Girls’ School
2 AngelTyagi St. Xavier’s Sr. Sec. School
3 Jyoti Kanwar Govt. Maharaja Girls’ School
4 Shilpa Jana Govt. Maharaja Girls’ School
5 Rupali Kumawat Govt. Maharaja Girls School
6 Namita Prajapat Govt. Maharaja Girls’ School
7 Yashika Sharma Govt. Maharaja Girls’ School
8 Nishchal Kumawat Govt. Maharaja Girls’ School
9 Simran Sharma Govt. Maharaja Girls’ School
10 Arti Kanwar Govt. Maharaja Girls’ School
11 Khurshida Govt. Maharaja Girls’ School
12 Naina Sahu Govt. Maharaja Girls’ School
13 Ritika Prajapat Govt. Maharaja Girls’ School
14 Sonal Gaur Govt. Maharaja Girls’ School
15 Mohd. Shahbaz Ahmed Govt. Sr. Sec. School, Moti Katla
16 Shoaib Akhtar Govt. Sr. Sec. School, Moti Katla
17 Sohail Mansoori Govt. Sr. Sec. School, Moti Katla
18 Mohd. Aaqib Govt. Sr. Sec. School, Moti Katla
19 Irfan Govt. Sr. Sec. School, Moti Katla
20 Zabiullaha Govt. Sr. Sec. School, Moti Katla
21 Mohd. Tabish Govt. Sr. Sec. School, Moti Katla
22 Moin Govt. Sr. Sec. School, Moti Katla
23 Mehmood Ahmed Govt. Sr. Sec. School, Moti Katla
24 Tamanna Garg St. Joseph's School
25 Srishti Bengali St. Joseph's School
26 Palak Mawnri St. Joseph's School
27 Zainab Binte Nasir St. Joseph's School
28 Rachel George St. Joseph's School
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S. No. Name Name & Address of the Organisation
29 Vidhit a Ranawat Delhi Public School
30 Vaishnavi Nautiyal Delhi Public School
31 Navya Chauhan Delhi Public School
32 Charni Vyas Delhi Public School
33 Ayesha Chauhan Delhi Public School
34 Haisha Ladkani Small Wonders Academy
35 Kamal S.S.G. Pareek Public School
36 Vaidehi Goyal St. Xavier’s Sr. Sec. School
37 Avika Mehta Indo Bharat International School
38 Reyanshi Jain Indo Bharat International School
39 Krish Sain Indo Bharat International School
40 Mohan Jangid Indo Bharat International School
41 Badal Bairwa Raja Ramdev Poddar Sr. Sec. School
42 Sumit Kumar Mehrania Raja Ramdev Poddar Sr. Sec. School
43 Dr. Rashmi Upadhyay Apex Public School
44 Anil Children's Paradise School
45 Murkan Children's Paradise School
46 Archana Children's Paradise School
47 Ayan Children's Paradise School
48 Gauraj Singh Govt. Sr. Sec. School, Manak Chowk
49 Yuvraj Singh Govt. Sr. Sec. School, Manak Chowk
50 Rohit Kumar Govt. Sr. Sec. School, Manak Chowk
51 Aarushi Mittal St. Xaviers Sr. Sec. School
52 Himakshi Verma S.S.G. Pareek Public School
53 Harshita Kanwar Small Wonders Academy
54 Himanshi Panchal Small Wonders Academy
55 Bhanvi Ojha S.S.G. Pareek Public School
56 Subodh Apex Public School
57 Jaivardhan Apex Public School
58 Mayank Apex Public School
59 Riya Apex Public School
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S. No. Name Name & Address of the Organisation
60 Deepak Kodwani Small Wonders Academy
61 Sohail Ahmed S.S.G. Pareek Public School
62 Mohd. Danish S.S.G. Pareek Public School
63 Kuldeep Gurjar Small Wonders Academy
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