UN Global Road Safety Week 2025

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh:

To mark UN Global Road Safety Week, on 15th May 2025 Consumer Guild, Lucknow, supported by Consumer VOICE, Delhi organized a walkathon with students from Gautam Buddha Inter College. The event aimed to spotlight the urgent need for speed management and a robust State Road Safety Action Plan in Uttar Pradesh.

The event saw enthusiastic participation from the hundreds of student community of Gautam Buddha Public Inter College, Lucknow, along with Traffic Police officials, including Mr. Devesh Shahi, Traffic Inspector/In-charge, and other department representatives. Also present to mark the occasion were Shri Abhishek Srivastava, Chairman Consumer’s Guild, Mrs. P. Shukla, Principal of Gautam Buddha Inter College, Syed Ahitsham, Road Safety Trainer, and representatives from civil society organizations, college staff, and hundreds of students and road safety advocates.

The event was held under this year’s global theme, “Make Walking & Cycling Safe,” the Walkathon began at Gautam Buddha Inter College and concluded at Bijnor Road. Participants carried placards and raised slogans demanding safer roads, scientific speed limits, and stronger road safety policies. On this occasion, a memorandum was also submitted to the Uttar Pradesh Transport Department,  urging immediate implementation of speed control measures and policy reforms. We received mass media coverage of the event and also highlighted the same on Social media channels.

Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh:

Consumer VOICE along with is state partner National Centre for Human Settlements & Environment (NCHSE) observed UN Global Road Safety Week on 18th May and organized a Cyclothon in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

The event aimed to spotlight the urgent need for speed management and a robust State Road Safety Action Plan in Madhya Pradesh. The Cylothon was flagged off by Police Officer Shri Babulal NCHSE campus in Arera Colony and passed through Rajiv Square Manisha Market, other areas of city and return to NCHSE premises. About 130 cyclists participated in the rally. Lion J.P.S. Jowhar, Dist. Governor, Lions Club, Bhopal address the participants. About 50 people participated in the Road Walk carrying play cards having messages on Road Safety.  While cyclists led the route through central Bhopal, non-cyclists including senior citizens, pedestrians, and youth participated in a parallel Walkathon, emphasizing that road safety is a collective issue.

Cyclists and walkers carried play cards carrying messages on road safety. The event drew participation and support from groups such as the Lions Club, Bhopal Bicycle Riders’ Group, Bhopalies Fitness Community, Helpbox Foundation, and other fitness and civic bodies after the event certificates distributed to each participants. On conclusion of the rally, the participants signed a memorandum with an urgent appeal to the Hon’ble Minister Transport and Transport Commissioner, Govt. Madhya Pradesh to address the issue of speeding, which remains the leading cause of road fatalities in India as well as in Madhya Pradesh. Memorandum also called for a robust state road safety action plan that includes effective speed management as a core component. Participants were provided certificates and the event covered by media widely in the state both online and offline publications.