Rajasthan to encourage people helping road accident victims with felicitation

The Rajasthan government will felicitate those who come forward to help injured persons in road accidents. "The government will encourage those doing good in the field of road safety, making efforts to create awareness among young students and public at large," the minister said.

"Those who come forward to help injured persons in road accidents will also be felicitated by the government," he said while inaugurating the state-level road safety week at Jawahar circle here. He said that human errors remain the cause of the accident in most of the cases but the situation can be changed by creating awareness about road safety and the number of deaths occurring in accidents can be brought down.

Singh also invited suggestions from the public on social media for enhancing transport system and for road safety measures. The minister also motivated people to use cycle.

(Rajasthan) MoS for transport Ashok Chandna, District Collector Jagroop Singh Yadav, police commissioner Anand Srivastava were among those present at the function where a vintage car rally was also flagged off. The rally was held from Jawahar circle to Ramnivas garden.

(With inputs from agencies.)