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Commerce and Transport Department of Odisha has declared from 1st January to 7th January,2024 as the Road Safety Week

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Bhubaneswar:1/1/24: To create road safety awareness among the citizens, the Commerce and Transport Department of Odisha has declared the first week of January 2024 i.e. from 1st January to 7th January, as the Road Safety Week. The theme of this year’s Road Safety Week is “Sadak Surakhya – Parivar Rakhya”.

Commerce and Transport Minister Tukuni Sahu inaugurated the event at the Exhibition area, KIIT Convention Centre, Bhubaneswar followed by a walkathon to the Driving Testing Track, Chandrashekharpur, Bhubaneswar.

Principal Secretary, Commerce & Transport Department, Usha Padhee; Transport Commissioner Amitabh Thakur; Additional Commissioner Transport (Road Safety), Lalmohan Sethi; Joint Commissioner Transport (Road Safety) Pradeep Kumar Mohanty along with other senior officials, students and general public were present during the inauguration ceremony.

In the welcome address, the Transport Commissioner started by wishing everyone a happy and safe new year and then emphasized the importance of road safety in our daily lives.

He highlighted that the role of student in spreading road safety awareness among peers and family is very impactful.

Usha Padhee added that the Transport Department has made its mission to sensitize all citizens about the importance of road safety. It is the responsibility of all the road users to follow the traffic rules which will ultimately ensure a safer road for everyone.

Minister Tukuni Sahu stressed that road safety is not just limited to the safety of the individual, but it is connected to the safety of their family as well as other road users. It extends beyond mere duty and should be a shared responsibility among all road users.

uring the Walkathon, a Road Safety Van was flagged off which will move throughout the district showcasing road safety short films to spread awareness on various road safety themes.

A Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for picnic places was also unveiled during the event which details the roles and responsibilities of various stakeholders like bus owners and bus drivers going for picnic / pilgrimages, RTOs, Police, etc.

At the end, a vote of thanks was given by Lalmohan Sethi, ACT (Road Safety).

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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