Traffic police will use innovative ways, including mime artists, to convey messages about road safety and traffic rules to students
Published Date – Friday 23rd March 30th at 08:00 AM
Hyderabad: To raise traffic awareness among school children, Hyderabad Traffic Police plans to go to every school in the city this school year.
Traffic police will use innovative methods, including hiring mime artists, to disseminate messages about road safety and traffic rules to students. Since the past few years, educational institutions across the city have begun organizing awareness-raising projects.
Additional Commissioner (Transportation) G Sudheer Babu said the aim was to refresh the children and reach out to every school this school year. “We plan to make this a regular practice and cater for the maximum number of students so that the children are familiarized with road safety and traffic rules,” he said.
The traffic training academies in Goshamahal and Begumpet are working on plans and the activities will start once the school management settles down at the start of the school year.
“We will ask school management to allow students to visit a traffic park at least once during the school year. Children will learn a lot about their own safety after visiting a traffic park,” he said.
In addition, the traffic police also organizes competitions for painting, painting, composition, speeches, short plays, and sketches on road safety all year round. “Participating students will receive certificates, while those who perform well will be rewarded,” said the additional CP (Transportation).
Meanwhile, traffic police are holding meetings with school management to find ways to streamline traffic near schools. Frequent commuters often complain of traffic jams on major roads when school closes or starts. “Soon we will have a meeting and discuss ways to resolve the complaint,” Sudheer Babu added.
