Walkathon held for better road safety

Encouraging the people to adopt the 'Lukhnavi Tehzib' of 'Pehle Aap', a walkathon was today organised by the government to promote road safety.
The Road Transport and Highways (RTH) Ministry organised the road safety walkathon to mark the 25th National Road Safety Week from January 11-17.
"Pehle Aap attitude in 'Lukhnavi Tehzib' has the potential of creating goodwill among road users, influencing their behaviour on roads and as a result reducing number of road accidents," Secretary Road Transport and Highways Vijay Chibber said at the start of the walkathon from India Gate here.
Concerned over India recording the highest road fatalities in the world, the ministry had asked all states to organise walking marathons in a bid to create safety awareness among the masses.

As many as 1.38 lakh people were killed in about 4.9 lakh road accidents in the country in 2012.
With the purpose of bringing down the number of road mishaps, the 'National Road Safety Week' is observed throughout the country, in the month of January every year, to highlight the need to make roads safe.
Special CP Traffic Taj Hassan, representatives of various stakeholding organisations, children from various schools, senior officers of the Ministry also participated in the 2km walk.