Chandigarh Traffic Police organized a Road Safety Awareness Day at Plaza Sector 17 Chandigarh as part of Chandigarh Police Week being celebrated from 30th October 2012 to 3rd November, 2012. During the road safety awareness day, a Women Two Wheeler Safety Helmet Rally was organized by the Chandigarh Traffic Police, in which more than 300 women participated having Headgear Safety Helmets provided by Chandigarh Traffic Police. The rally was flagged off by Sh. Alok Kumar, IPS, W/DIG, UT, Chandigarh from behind Neelam Cinema Sector-17 Chandigarh, which passes through various sectors & markets of the city. The women participants also displayed the slogans on road safety to aware the general public.
Apart from rally, A painting competition about the road safety with the theme “Idiots on Roads” was also organized at Plazza, Sector 17, Chandigarh amongst the students of Govt and Private Schools of Chandigarh in the Junior (upto 8th Class) and Senior (upto 10+2 class) category. More than 525 students participated in this competition. Sh. P.K. Srivastava, IPS, DGP, U.T. Chandigarh awarded the trophies & certificates for 1st, 2nd & 3rd position to the winners of both categories. Beside this, consolation prizes were also awarded to two students in each category.