Jammu, December 20, 2022: Some volunteers of  ‘National Service Scheme’ (NSS) of GDC Nagrota on Tuesday  orgainsed a road safety drive and  assisted traffic cops in Jammu, to aware people about road safety measures and traffic violations on Tuesday.

As per the report, the NSS volunteers were seen halting traffic violators with traffic cops in Jammu urging them to obey traffic rules and wear road safety measures like helmets, seat belts to avoid road mishaps as recently so many road accidents has been reported here in Jammu region.

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The volunteers were seen stopping over-loaded matadors, riders sans helmets and vehicle operators without seat-belts, who were fined by the traffic cops on the spot for various violations.

Mr Akash Baloria an NSS volunteer said that the SSP traffic Jammu came to their college and told the students that they have to organise a traffic drive to aware local people about the importance of road safety measures.

“Today, some NSS volunteers of GDC Nagrota came to us and  with our collaboration they aware the local residents on the road about road safety. The students were themselves halting defaulters just as we ‘cops’ do and were ensuring that they follow traffic rules to avoid mishaps. They got to learn how traffic police manages traffic and handles violators who misbehaves with us sometimes. They were excited to work with us and I hope they disseminate what they learned in this drive with their family, friends and neighbours”, a traffic police personnel said.

Aman Zutshi