Kanpur

Consumer VOICE in association with Consumer Guild, Lucknow organised a stakeholders’ Consultation and workshop on Strengthening Road Safety in Uttar Pradesh on 7^th November 2019 at Kaushalpuri in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.

The main focus of the workshop was on New Motor Vehicle Amendment Act 2019 and its provisions for ensuring road safety in the state. Shri Sunil Dutt Yadav, ARTO Enforcement was the keynote speaker. Other stakeholders attending the workshop were Shri Arun Kumar Pathak MLC; Shri BhudharNarain Misra, EX- MLA; Traffic Inspector Arvind Kumar Sisodiya; Shri Vinod Yadav; Traffic Inspector Padam Mohan Misra, Secretary, USKS.

Varanasi

Consumer VOICE in association with Consumer Guild, Lucknow organised a stakeholders Consultation cum workshop on Strengthening Road Safety in Uttar Pradesh on 2nd December 2019 at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.

The main objective of this workshop was to strengthen road safety and implementation of New Motor Vehicle Amendment Act 2019. Shri BalaLakhendra, Professor at Department of Mass and Communication, B.H.U. inaugurated the workshop as the chief guest.  Important stakeholders attending the workshop were Shri Kanhaiya Gupta, PTO, Transport Department, Varanasi; Shri Rajesh Yadav , Traffic Inspector; Shri Rajesh Kumar Misra , Inspector , Police department; Shri Dhirendra Rai, Assistant Professor, B.H.U.; Shri Abhishek Srivastava, Consumer Guild.

Regional media supported the cause and provided good coverage to it.

Prayagraj

Consumer VOICE in association with Consumer Guild, Lucknow organised a stakeholders Consultation cum workshop on Strengthening Road Safety in Uttar Pradesh on 9^th December 2019 at Kulbhaskar Ashram PG College, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh.

The main speakers who attened the workshop were Shri Harendra Singh Yadav – Traffic Inspector, Dr. Archana Sinha -Principal PG College, Prof. S P Sharma, Ms. Rinki Sharma-Head Projects – Consumer VOICE, Shri Abhishek Srivastava – President Consumers Guild. Students, faculty members, road safety experts, traffic police officials attended the event and discussion took place about Motor Vehicles Act 2019 changed provisions.

Regional media supported the cause and provided good coverage to it.

Bareilly

Consumers Guild –Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh and Consumer VOICE in an effort of working towards strengthening road safety in UP organized a workshop in Bareilly at Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. LPG Bottling Plant. The main objective of the workshop was to the implementation of the provisions of the new Motor Vehicle Act 2019. The main speakers at workshop were Shri Subhash Chandra Gangwar-SP Traffic, Dr.Anil Gupta- Regional Transport Officer, Shri RP Singh-Additional RTO, Er.Sudhir Gupta- Chairman Institution of Engineers (IEI) Shri Sanjay Thakur-Territory Manager BPCL along with Shri Hemant Upadhyay Advisor Consumer VOICE and Shri Abhishek Srivastava-Chairman-Consumer’s Guild. The programme was attended by commercial drivers of hazardous goods, BPCL Officials, representatives from civil societies, police, transport and traffic departments and media.

Gorakhpur

To strengthen the road safety in the state, Consumers Guild with support from Consumer  VOICE organised a stakeholders workshop at Gorakhpur-Uttar Pradesh on 13 November, 2019. The main speakers were Shri DD Mishra, Regional Transport Officer-Gorakhpur, Shri Jaspal Singh-Social Worker, Dr.K.Sharma-Social Worker, Shri Shamshad  Alam- Vice-chairman Consumer’s Guild, Shri Sudhir Jha- President Local Vyapar Sabha, Praveen K.Srivastava- Prayas Ek Parivartan Shri Abhishek Srivastava Chairman Consumer Guild along with representatives from civil societies and media were present at the event. The speakers focused on strengthening road safety measures as per the provisions of the new Motor Vehicle Amendment Act 2019.