RAJOURI: As a part of the “Road Safety Month-2021, Deputy Commissioner Rajouri, Rajesh Kumar Shavan along with the Senior Superintendent Of Police, Chandan Kohli today inaugurated a three-day- Vehicle Fitness camp, here at Fruit Mandi.
Assistant Regional Transport Officer, Shammi Kumar; District Information Officer, Narinder Kumar; MVD Inspector and other officials were also present on the occasion.
The Assistant Regional Transport Officer informed that the Special Vehicles fitness camp will offer services. Where owners can get the fitness of their vehicles checked. He said that the fitness tests are being done to ensure that the vehicles are road-worthy as they tend to go through a lot of wear and tear year-on-year.
“These fitness tests will also ensure safety of participants and restrict chances of breakdown of vehicles thus mitigating the chances of accident,” he added.
While speaking on the occasion, the Deputy Commissioner said Road safety Month is being organized to spread awareness about the prevention of accidents and making aware the road users about the importance of the safety rules.
He said the common traffic violations such as overspeeding, jumping traffic signals, drunken driving, unnecessary honking, violations of designated traffic zones, not wearing seat belts, riding without helmets, modification of two-wheelers and the use of mobile phones while driving, among others are main cause of mishaps. He said that the rate of accidents in terms of mechanical failure is only 0.1% and the rest are human errors and callous attitude of the drivers.
The Deputy Commissioner made it clear that no unfit vehicles shall ply on the road and appealed to all the Vehicles owners and commercial drivers to take good care of the buses and mini buses. He also ensured that such fitness camps will be organized in the near future to facilitate the drivers and the vehicle owners.
A cultural program on the theme Road safety was also organized on the occasion.