An interactive workshop was organised by our state partner organisation Honcho Tech For Good Foundation at Malancha Traffic Junction North 24 Parganas West Bengal in collaboration with Basirhat Police District Traffic Wing ,West Bengal on 22nd Nov 2022.
Aminul Islam Khan , Sub divisional Police Officer, Minakhan, North 24 parganas,Mr.Joydeb Paul ,Officer in charge Traffic (OC) ,Satyajit Mondal Traffic Inspector,Basirhat Police District , Siddharth Mondal OC Minakhan PS, Gopesh Patra ( Block President, Minakhan Block) ,Tanay Ghosal ,Honcho Tech For Good Foundation and Rinki Sharma from Consumer VOICE were part of the programme.
Traffic Police officials shared information about Good Samaritan law ,various ways to deal with emergency situations and also cited various real life examples.They also covered road safety risk factors and importance of adopting practices to be safe on road .
The event was organised at a traffic junction on the recommendation of traffic police where people from all walks of life use various modes of transportation for commuting on a daily basis.. We were able to put our message across to a wider audience.
Around 100 Local traders ,drivers ,consumers joined the event .After the event traffic police put stickers of Save Drive and Safe Life on the vehicles and distributed pamphlets on road safety in regional language.
