 Early Times Report
Ramban, Feb 19: With the end of five-day Vehicle Fitness Mela, the month-long road safety drive culminated in district Ramban, here today.
During the closing ceremony, a grand fitness mela was organised in the premises of District Administrative Complex by the Motor Vehicles Department where about 100 vehicles were examined by ARTO and other technical staff of the department.
On the final day the Mela was presided over by Deputy Commissioner, Mussarat Islam where he interacted with the participants and asked all stakeholders to maintain their vehicles according to the vehicle fitness parameters.
ADC, Harbans Lal, ASP, Rajni Sharma and other senior officers from various departments and transporters attended the function.
To minimize the road accidents on highway, the DC directed the construction agencies to maintain existing highway to traffic worthy.
Earlier the UT-level event inaugurated by the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha was also web linked and screened at Ramban in which all the speakers highlighted the importance of road safety.
Meanwhile, ARTO, Shafqat Majeed informed that during the month long awareness drive department organized various programmes including health checkup camps for drivers, bikers rally, vehicle fitness melas, awareness camps besides other informative events regarding road safety across the district. |
