“World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims 2013” 
Sunday, 17th November 2013

Event 1

ArriveSAFE, an NGO on Road Safety, Chandigarh Traffic Police and Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Development Corporation Limited (CITCO) organized an exhibition from 11 AM to 5 PM at Sukhna Lake, Chandigarh.

A volunteer dressed as “Yamaraj”, the God of Death said that he is pained to see so many precious lives being lost on the roads. 381 people die on Indian roads daily. This figure with 381 faces representing the people who die daily was put on the giant board. Besides this, 1287 get injured daily putting extra burden on the overstretched medical system. In 2012 alone, 139,065 precious lives were lost and nearly 470,000 got injured, many getting disabled for the rest of their lives. 59.9% of these victims were in the most productive age group of 15-44 years. [Source – NCRB 2012 Report] These crashes are Predictable and Preventable.

The event was organized at the Sukhna Lake, Chandigarh, India and nearly 35,000 people visit this famous tourist destination of North India.

Event 2

ArriveSAFE with the help of National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha observed the WDoR by setting up a stall at their TECHNO-Management fest. The University has more than 5000 students and nearly 2000 students from other Colleges/Universities visit the TECHNO-Management fest.

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Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/safe_roads_india/sets/72157637830799356/

News: Link to http://www.arrivesafe.org/mediasection/

Best Regards
Harman S Sidhu
Email: harman@arrivesafe.org
Web: http://www.arrivesafe.org