Student participation infuses a new energy to Road Safety Week campaign

The theme for the 31st Road Safety Week is ‘Bring Change Through Youth,' Hence the traffic , and RTO officials, realising the potential of the youth in the present day and time, encouraged and lauded the participation of school and college students in the campaign.
Kolhapur has been observing the week with huge participation from students from schools and colleges who took part in the rallies organised by the city traffic department and the regional office (RTO) Kolhapur.

Mayor Surmanjiri Latkar inaugurated the rally that saw youths carrying placards and banners appealing to the people to follow traffic rules and avoid accidents, wearing helmets while riding motorcycles, avoiding jumping signals and overspeeding etc.
More than 1,000 students from various schools and colleges took part in the rally that began from Bhavani Mandap area at 8 am on Tuesday and concluded at Dasara Chowk before passing through major road in the city.