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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.

Photo Gallery

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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