"Road Safety Clubs" in all the Institutions
The Transport Department, Road Safety Cell is deeply concerned with the frequency of Road Traffic Accidents and fatalities and injuries arising out of these accidents which are, however, not predictable but avoidable to a large extent. In furtherance of its objective to save the precious human lives being lost due to road traffic accidents, the Transport Department, Road Safety Cell is committed to take every effective and result-oriented step to reduce the number of accidents in the State.
The issue of road traffic accident is not only confined to a single department/ organization, but it is the duty of all the stakeholder’s i.e. all road users and general public including drivers, vehicles owners, passengers, pedestrians, vehicle manufacturers, dealers, mechanics and related departments directly concerned with the issue of Road Safety such as Police, Transport, PWD, Health and Education Departments.
The Lead Agency/ Road Safety Cell, Department of Transport has taken initiative to educate the school children about Road Safety at an early age to achieve its objectives to reduce the number of accidents and resultant fatalities and injuries. The “Road Safety Clubs” have been established in Universities, GDSs, Govt. ITIs, GSSSs in the State with a motive to inculcate a sense of responsibility towards the safety of themselves and other road users while driving vehicle and using the road as passenger and pedestrian.
These Road Safety Clubs may include expert and experienced persons, especially having concern with the issues of Road Safety, officers/ officials of all the stakeholder departments i.e. Police, PWD, Health and Transport department, NGOs, Truck/Bus/Taxi/operator Unions, Local Bodies, Youth Clubs and Mahila Mandal etc. so that students could be made aware about the real road safety issues and required measures to be taken to contribute their best in the field of Road Safety.
These Road Safety Clubs not only educate the students about the firsthand knowledge of traffic rules, signals, road signage, road markings and required measures to be taken to avoid undue loss of precious human lives and injuries due to the road traffic accidents but it make them to behave like responsible citizens at an early age. They will learn how to behave as a pedestrian and what precautions are to be taken as a pedestrian to avoid any untoward incident. They be physically associated with the working of regulation of traffic with Police department for practical training in order to make them know how the things are managed and what measures and precautions are required while executing traffic regulation and what laws/ rules are required to be followed for safer driving.
In the State Level Managing Committee Meeting under the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary, an amount of ₹2,51,35,000/- for the financial year 2024-25 is approved for the Education Department for conducting various road safety activities such as painting competition, Essay & Slogan writing, quiz, rallies, road safety educational trip and many more activities.
Detail of funds allocated to the Education Institutions for the financial year 2024-25 for conducting Road Safety Activities are given below:-
| Sr.no. | Name of the Institution | No. of Institutions | Funds alloted (₹) (per institution) | Total amount alloted (₹) |
| 1 | Govt. Sr. Sec. Schools (in all the districts) | 1985 | 10,000 | 19,850,000 |
| 2 | Govet. Degree Colleges | 143 | 25,000 | 35,75,000 |
| 3 | Govt. ITIs | 151 | 10,000 | 15,10,000 |
| 4 | Govt. Universities | 4 | 50,000 | 2,00,000 |
| Total | 2283 | - | 2,51,35,000 | |
Road Safety Syllabus has been introduced in the NCERT books i.e. Hindi & Social Science for the classes of VI to X is attached below:-
