ROAD SAFETY AWARENESS SUMMER CAMP FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN INAUGURATED

The road safety awareness summer camp for school children was jointly inaugurated today i.e.,18th May 2015 by Dr. Muktesh Chander, Spl. Commissioner of Police/Traffic, Delhi and Sh. Satyendra Garg, Jt. Commissioner of Police/General Administration in a special function, in the presence of Sh. Sandeep Goel, Jt. CP/Traffic and Sh. Y.S. Guleria, Sr. Vice President, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (LTD), at Traffic Training Park, Baba Kharak Singh Marg. Speaking on the occasion Shri Satyendra Garg appreciated the initiative taken by the Traffic Police.  Dr. Muktesh Chander, Spl. Commissioner of Police/ Traffic  stressed upon the importance of educating children about road safety and traffic norms. The other guests also addressed the gathering on the occasion. Sh. Sharad Agarwal, Addl. CP/Traffic gave the vote of thanks. Students from Gyan Mandir Public school presented a song on traffic and students from Tinu Public School presented a skit on road safety. Members of “Ashmita”
presented a heart-rending “Nukkar Natak” on road safety.

The summer camp being held at other venues i.e., Traffic Training Parks situated at Bal Bhawan, PragatiMaidan, Punjabi Bagh, Roshanara Bagh have also been simultaneously inaugurated by DCP Traffic ranges.

Delhi Traffic Police has come up with this unique idea of organizing road safety awareness summer camp for the benefit of school students from class VI to XII. Beginning from today the summer camp will continue till 26th June 2015 at the five traffic training parks in 6 batches of 5 days duration  each, with 50-80 students in each batch.

These summer camps are being organized with the dual objective of helping children in utilizing their summer vacation in meaningful way and learn some life skill techniques in an enjoyable manner which will have a bearing on their personality in the years to come. The course contents of the summer camp has been so designed to inculcate good road safety habits in the students which in turn will help them grow up into sensible, sensitive and responsible road users.  The summer camp is purely free of cost and the participating students will also be provided daily refreshments. Each student will be awarded with a certificate of participation on the conclusion of summer camp. Many competitions will be held and awards will be given.

Course contents of the summer camp:

Manual Traffic Drill
Traffic Rules & Road Safety Norms
Road Signs, Signal and Road Markings
First-Aid
Self-Defense & Disaster Management.

Main Attractions of the summer camp:

No fee for summer camp
Interactive games, mini-motorcycle, Driving  simulator
Daily refreshment
Certificate of participation to each student
Each participant will be provided with one Spiral writing Pad along with geometry box and a  set of road safety literature and cap
Nukkar  Natak
Painting/quiz/slogan writing competition

We hope that with the help of the participants we will be able to send the message of Road safety to their parents, family members, friends, school and society and reduce road accidents in Delhi.