Mini-marathon to promote awareness on road safety

Feb 3, 2014, 04.38AM IST TNN Times of India



TRICHY: About 1,500 people participated in a mini-marathon held here on Sunday morning for promoting awareness on road safety measures. The 5-km run started from the district court and went along the railway station and the central bus stand before finally ending at the Union Club.

The event disappointed many children since it was only for people above 15 years. Organisers from the Bharathidasan Institute of Management (BIM) said the run was only for people above 15 years as it is they who indulge in rash driving. So the awareness run was held with participation from people above 15 years.

The traffic police officials said such kind of awareness measures are needed since teenagers flout the law whenever the law enforcement authorities are not on roads. Explaining them the rules and the dangers would help them to drive better, they added.

Police were deployed to regulate the public as many thronged the registration site.

Vice-president of KAP Vishwanathan Medical College, Dr MA Aleem, flagged off the event from the district court premises. Placards and banners bearing messages on safe driving were held aloft by the volunteers from BIM along the route.

Both men and women participated in the run