ROAD

SAFETY
AWARENESS
IS
THE
KEY TO CURB
ROAD
ACCIDENTS:
MR
PULAK
BHATTACHARYA
Last decade has seen a tremendous rise in vehicles owned by school and
college going youth. This steep growth has also lead to alarming increase in
road accidents which claim a significant number of lives every year. So it
becomes the responsibility of the parents, guardian and institutes to create
awareness amongst youth. Christian College of Engineering and Technology
(CCET), Bhilai has always risen up to such challenges by organizing
educational awareness programs by experts who can nip the problem before
budding. One such beneficial program on Road safety and Traffic Rule
awareness was organized by National Service Scheme (NSS) Cell of Christian
College under the tutelage of the NSS Coordinator, Mr Manmohan Soni. The
Chief Guest of this program was Mr Pulak Bhattacharya, Regional Traffic
Inspector, Transport Department of Government of Chhattisgarh. Mr Pulak
Bhattacharya was welcomed by the HOD of Mechanical Dept, Dr Jayakumar
Jayaraman in the presence of senior faculties, technical staff, NSS student
coordinators and NSS members. In his welcome speech Dr Jayakumar
Jayaraman expressed his gratitude to Mr Bhattacharya and asked the
gathering to heed his call of road safety and traffic awareness. He said that
such fruitful programs are necessary in these increasingly volatile times,
where time has become a scarce resource. The Guest Speaker Mr Pulak
Bhattacharya urged the gathering to respect traffic rules even when
unmonitored. He gave various real life examples to help create awareness
and better understanding of road and automobile hazards. He said that every
year more than 1.5 lakh lives are lost due to automobile accidents whose
main causes are rash driving, driving under influence or lack of safety devices
like driver and pillion helmets. He informed that traffic police has deployed
state of art alcohol and drug analyzers, yet they are all for naught without
individual efforts to curb road accidents. He also urged the gathering to never
overload the vehicle. The Vote of Thanks was given by the anchor of the
program Mr Felix Paul, Assistant Professor, Mech Dept. The Executive
Chairman of CCET, Fr Jose K Varghese and the Principal, Dr Dipali Soren
expressed their gratitude to Mr Bhattacharya and congratulated NSS Cell for
organizing this beneficial program. They extended and pledged all the
resources at their disposal to curb this rising menace.