Use seat belts and wear helmets; don’t drive when drunk, says DM

The Kanpur District Magistrate, Vishak G. Iyer, on Thursday inaugurated the Road Safety Month at Vikas Nagar Depot to create awareness about traffic rules for safe and smooth traffic movement. The District Magistrate in his address stated that Kanpur District was surrounded by national highways from all sides and there was a great need for people to be aware of traffic rules last year as per the government data over 618 people died in road accidents for flouting traffic rules. All the people should follow the traffic rules use seat belts helmets etc mobile phones should not be used while driving never drive a vehicle in an inebriated state. He added he said that in this traffic month different awareness programs would be organized by the traffic department according to the roster every day to make all the public aware about traffic rules and safety standards. On this occasion, the District Magistrate honoured Sp Singh and Sanjay Kumar Singh who saved lives by helping the injured during an accident on the road and taking the injured to the hospital. During the inauguration of Road Safety Month, Assistant Divisional Transport Officer Administration, Mr. Sudhir Verma, Arto Udayveer Singh Sunil Dutt, Ambuj, and Manvendra Singh besides Basic Education Officer, Mr. Sur