BTP organises competition to raise road safety awareness

Bengaluru, NT Bureau: In a bid to raise road safety awareness among the youths and students, the City Traffic Police (BTP) organised an innovative Essay and Painting competition at the Police Traffic Park here on Wednesday.

The participants were given a subject titled 'On the Life of a Policeman,' on which they were asked to either paint or write an essay by the BTP.

Among the participants, eight students who wrote excellent essays were selected along with five students with outstanding paintings, and were awarded prizes and certifications by the senior traffic Police officials after the competition.

According to BTP, nearly 750 people lose their lives and 5000 people are injured every year due to road accidents in Bengaluru.

The objective of the innovative painting competition is to promote road safety and to make the participants delve into common topics such as drunken driving, use of mobile phones while riding or driving, driving without seatbelts and helmets, which often result in accidents.

Joint Commissioner of Police, Traffic, Bengaluru, MN Anucheth, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) East Division, Kuldeep Kumar Jain along with Star goal keeper and Olympian from the Indian hockey team, PR Sreejesh awarded certificates to the students.