ArriveSAFE Road Safety
Project 'HOSH-YAAR", Awareness Campaign against Drunk-Driving
Awareness Campaign against Drunk-Driving
ArriveSAFE, an NGO on Road Safety in collaboration with the Punjab State Road Safety Council (PSRSC) and the Punjab Police started an awareness campaign “HOSH-YAAR” (friend, be in senses while driving) highlighting the consequences of drunken driving.
The statewide campaign was started with a workshop at Medical College, Faridkot on 10th December 2014. Mr. Mohammad Tayyab, IAS, DC Faridkot, Mr. Sukhdev Singh Kahlon, IPS, SSP, Faridkot, Mr. Deep Malhotra MLA, Faridkot and Mrs. Gurmeet Kaur, Principal Medical College, Faridkot, Surinder Pal Singh Sodhi, Principal, Dental College, Faridkot were present at the Workshop.
Harman Singh Sidhu from ArriveSAFE explained that Road Crashes is now a major Public Health Issue and how Drunken Driving affects our behavior on Road. Dr. Raman Dang, Neuro Surgeon, Medical College Faridkot stressed on the trauma and effects of Alcohol on our body. Dr. Sethi, Orthopedic Surgeon, Kot Kapura highlighted the long-term implications on lives of Victims & their Families. Avnika Bansal, 2nd Year MBBS Student talked how Youth can “own up” the awareness campaign and contribute positively to the society. Mr. Manmohan Luthra, Coordinator, PSRSC told about the Punjab Government’s plan to save human lives being lost on the roads.
More than 500 students and members of Truck/Taxi Unions attended the workshop. The volunteers of NCC and NSS promised to carry on with the campaign in sustained manner.
As per the WHO, drink driving, finally, is responsible, for 30 to 50 per cent of road deaths and serious casualties. Not only does alcohol impairs vision, reaction and judgment time it is often linked to other high-risk road use behaviours such as speeding; not using seat-belts, helmets and mobile usage.
Harman Singh Sidhu, President of ArriveSAFE says, “People don’t know how liquor adversely impacts driving, so they take the risk. In this project, we will explain the logics, so they result in action.”
Mr. Mohammad Tayyab, IAS, DC Faridkot and Mr. Sukhdev Singh Kahlon, IPS, SSP, Faridkot promised full support to Project “HOSH-YAAR”
Project 'HOSH-YAAR", Awareness Campaign against Drunk-Driving
Awareness Campaign against Drunk-Driving
ArriveSAFE, an NGO on Road Safety in collaboration with the Punjab State Road Safety Council (PSRSC) and the Punjab Police started an awareness campaign “HOSH-YAAR” (friend, be in senses while driving) highlighting the consequences of drunken driving.
The statewide campaign was started with a workshop at Medical College, Faridkot on 10th December 2014. Mr. Mohammad Tayyab, IAS, DC Faridkot, Mr. Sukhdev Singh Kahlon, IPS, SSP, Faridkot, Mr. Deep Malhotra MLA, Faridkot and Mrs. Gurmeet Kaur, Principal Medical College, Faridkot, Surinder Pal Singh Sodhi, Principal, Dental College, Faridkot were present at the Workshop.
Harman Singh Sidhu from ArriveSAFE explained that Road Crashes is now a major Public Health Issue and how Drunken Driving affects our behavior on Road. Dr. Raman Dang, Neuro Surgeon, Medical College Faridkot stressed on the trauma and effects of Alcohol on our body. Dr. Sethi, Orthopedic Surgeon, Kot Kapura highlighted the long-term implications on lives of Victims & their Families. Avnika Bansal, 2nd Year MBBS Student talked how Youth can “own up” the awareness campaign and contribute positively to the society. Mr. Manmohan Luthra, Coordinator, PSRSC told about the Punjab Government’s plan to save human lives being lost on the roads.
More than 500 students and members of Truck/Taxi Unions attended the workshop. The volunteers of NCC and NSS promised to carry on with the campaign in sustained manner.
As per the WHO, drink driving, finally, is responsible, for 30 to 50 per cent of road deaths and serious casualties. Not only does alcohol impairs vision, reaction and judgment time it is often linked to other high-risk road use behaviours such as speeding; not using seat-belts, helmets and mobile usage.
Harman Singh Sidhu, President of ArriveSAFE says, “People don’t know how liquor adversely impacts driving, so they take the risk. In this project, we will explain the logics, so they result in action.”
Mr. Mohammad Tayyab, IAS, DC Faridkot and Mr. Sukhdev Singh Kahlon, IPS, SSP, Faridkot promised full support to Project “HOSH-YAAR”