By IANS,
Gurgaon: A road safety campaign was launched Thursday among school children in Gurgaon in association with oil major Cairn India, with the theme of “Come Home Safely”.
The road safety campaign was launched at Delhi Public School here by Gurgaon police. Cairn India has its headquarters in the suburban city.
“With a road fatality rate of over 1 lakh in a year, there is an urgent requirement for every individual to become safety conscious. ‘Come Home Safely’ campaign is a roadmap to achieve safety on roads and it can be a big success if the young brigade takes the responsibility of implementing and spreading road safety awareness,” Gurgaon’s Joint Commissioner of Police Alok Kumar Mittal said here at the function.
A press release issued by Cairn India said that wrist bands with the message “Come Home Safely” were distributed among the students, who also signed a road safety pledge to promise behavioural change.
“The aim is to create awareness about road safety and inculcate a culture of returning home safely amongst teenagers in schools, who comprise the highly vulnerable group of road users,” it said.