Road accident is one of the most common disasters worldwide. The degree of accidents varies from place to place and time to time. India has about 1 % of the world’s vehicles but accounts for about 11 % of the World’s Road Crash fatalities.India has a road network of over 4,865,000 kilometre in 2014,the second largest road network in the world.
It is a serious challenge for the road commuters, transporters, doctors and government. Therefore it is joint responsibility of each individual, transport companies, commercial vehicle operators/drivers, transport department, road construction department, medical professionals, hospitals, CSOs and finally government to act swiftly and educate the mass about the safety norms and practicing the same. A policy level action, implementation of the rules and regulations, road behaviour by the commuters is need of the time.
The campaign “Yes! I Follow Safety Rules” is a small but important initiative form Sankalp Jyoti. It is expected that the campaign would reach out to each ear of last lanes of villages and cities for safeguarding themselves by following safety rules set by the policy makers time to time. Hopefully, such practice would inculcate as a habit of the commuters gradually which would minimize the road accidents in the state and the country.
Since 2013, Sankalp Jyoti is organizing many community awareness activities and suggest the government to reform the policy for road safety.
