MSAI along with Heart Foundation spread awareness on road safety to
students
By Dinesh Kamath
PANVEL: Members of Medical Student’s Association of India (MSAI)
along with Heart Foundation, NGO, conducted a seminar on road safety in
Shantiniketan Public School, New Panvel, on 31 January, 2017 with an aim to
spread awareness on road safety measures, rules and regulations amongst
children.
Around 100 students of 6th and 7th
standards attended the seminar which was conducted by the third year medical
students of MGM Medical College, Kamothe- Vasvi Sharma and Jyoti Sravya along
with Dr. Jayakar Ellis, President, Heart Foundation.
While stressing on the importance of
following road safety rules Dr. Jayakar Ellis said: “People need to be
responsible for their own safety. Unless that happens, the road accident rate
is unlikely to come down. It is important to inculcate road safety rules right
from childhood.”
“Students are the best messengers to
spread road safety awareness in the society. This is the reason why we decided
to conduct a seminar for students of this age group,” said Vasvi and Jyoti.
The students were taught on how to
be safe, follow traffic rules through Power Point presentations, charts and
placards.
Appreciating this initiative, Mrs.
Swati Roy, Principal, Shantiniketan Public School said, “The role of student in
Road safety is very important and we are so elated to have this type of
training for our students. We also assure that we will continue to teach the other
students in our school too”.
The students too expressed happiness
and vowed not only to follow traffic discipline themselves, but also spread
awareness about rules and regulations to others in the society.
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