Traffic police organizes painting competition for students

JAMMU, AUGUST 03: City Traffic Police Friday organized a drawing and painting competition for students under its Civic Action Programme (CAP).

  The students of Government and Private Educational Institutions participated in the competition which was aimed at to promote Road Safety awareness among the participants.   

During the Drawing/Painting Competition the students were  given a thorough  briefing  about the traffic rules mandatory to be  obeyed  in life for  the safety of a person as well as saving precious human lives.

They were told about the growing menace of traffic violations especially by the motorists and minors.

 The students were also told that  without attaining  prescribed age limit and  a valid D/L besides other allied documents, driving a vehicle is a crime in which the owner/ parents  are wholly- solely responsible  against whom action under appropriate MV Act  is taken. They were informed  that following the traffic rules merely by wearing crash helmets and obey Intelligent Traffic Signal Lights will  bring about a sharp fall in road accidents.

The participating students were from  Government High School Top Paloura,  Government Middle School Patta Bhori,

Government Middle School Tawi Pull Canal Head,      B.N.Hr. Sec.School Sunjwan, Government Hr. Sec.School Bahu Fort, Police Public School Miran Sahib, Government Hr. Sec. School,  Idd Gah Residency Road,       K.V.No-1, Gandhi Nagar Jammu Government Middle School Rly Colony and Government Middle School Kachi Chowani.

Meanwhile, ten participants  students with best drawings were presented prizes , while others were provided  books, notebooks and other stationery items.    Lecturer and renowned artist in Institute of Music & Fine Arts University of Jammu Rohit Verma,   renowned national cartoonist Manoj Chopra,   and    Fine Art teacher of  BSF School Chander Shakher  acted as Judges of the competition.  

The programme was held in presence of   SSP Traffic    Joginder Singh, ASP Traffic City Prabh Dayal,   Dy S.P Traffic City South Raj Pal Singh,   DYSP Traffic City North Sunny Gupta,  Dy.SP Traffic Rural D.S Kotach.

The SSP Traffic City said that the Traffic police department will hold more such programmes in future to spread road safety awareness  and  curb  traffic violations.