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PALIN, 9 Feb:<\/strong> The Kra Daadi police, in collaboration with the district unit of the Arunachal Pradesh Literary Society (APLS), organised an ‘awareness campaign-cum-essay writing competition’, themed ‘Be a road safety hero’, for students at Club 201 Public Library at BHGHSS here on Friday, as part of the National Road Safety Week.<\/p>\n “Hundreds of students, besides district transportation officials, members of the Palin Bazaar and Youth Association, APLS members, and police personnel took out a march to mark the event, carrying placards to raise awareness on road safety regulations and practices,” according to a release.<\/p>\n The winners of the essay writing competitions in senior and junior categories were awarded certificates and cash prizes, it said, adding that a “road safety pledge was administered by the district transportation officials.”<\/p>\n Addressing the participants, DSP Tilling Tapin reminded two-wheeler riders to wear helmets and refrain from overspeeding, and advised four-wheeler drivers to wear seat belts while driving.<\/p>\n Palin Police Station SI S Jamoh spoke about the statutes under the MV Act and apprised the participants of ways to minimise road accidents.<\/p>\n The district APLS general secretary also spoke, the release said.<\/p>\n In East Siang, the District Road Safety Committee has been organising awareness programmes on road safety since 15 January.<\/p>\n On Friday, DC Tayi Taggu, SP Sumit Kr Jha, DTO (MV) M Loyi, EE (Highway) Okep Dai, AAPPTF president Tabiram Moyong and many prominent personalities conducted a campaign at the 2-Mile Tata Sumo station and apprised the public of road safety measures.<\/p>\n In Papum Pare, officials of the district transport office and the traffic police sensitised the people to road safety measures at the Yupia-Ziro-Doimukh Tinali area on Friday.<\/p>\n District Transport Officer Yumlam Yajum Lombi stressed on the importance of adhering to the Motor Vehicle Act and traffic regulations for the safety and security of drivers, riders, and passengers.<\/p>\n She also distributed helmets to two-wheeler drivers whose documents were found to be correct.<\/p>\n The day was observed also in Longding and others districts. (With inputs from DIPROs)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" PALIN, 9 Feb: The Kra Daadi police, in collaboration with the district unit of the Arunachal Pradesh Literary Society (APLS), organised an ‘awareness campaign-cum-essay writing competition’, themed ‘Be a road safety hero’, for students at Club 201 Public Library at BHGHSS here on Friday, as part of the National Road Safety Week. “Hundreds of students, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-234455","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234455\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}