A hundred Sadak Suraksha Sevaks were trained by traffic police on Saturday. These guards were handed over to traffic police by Maruti Suzuki India Limited a year ago. But these guards were never trained in road safety. Finally, realizing the importance of such training, the day-long workshop was organised.
The automobile giant had provided a hundred Sadak Suraksha Sevaks to Gurugram traffic police on December 15, 2015. This was done as part of the Community Policing initiative and to promote the Sabhya Roads, Bhavya Gurugram campaign. The aim was to promote road safety to bring down accidents by creating awareness over a period of time.
These Sadak Suraksha Sevaks were deployed at two stretches – Signature Tower to Bristol Hotel via IFFCO Chowk, and Signature Tower to IFFCO Crossing via Huda City Center, which are most affected by the traffic congestion.
A memorandum of understanding for five years too was signed between Maruti Suzuki India Limited and Gurugram police for the same. Under the first phase of MoU, the automobile manufacturer was to sponsor a hundred guards to manage traffic and road safety in around two city corridors, collectively around 13 kilometers of distance.
However, these guards didn’t turn out to be of much help as they lacked confidence. While, many were often snubbed by traffic violators for not being a proper cop, the lack of basic training too affected the rescue during emergency situations. Some of them weren’t even aware of many traffic rules.
“These traffic marshalls were hesitant to stop or speak to errant drivers because they were often snubbed. Ideally, they should have been able to handle such rebuffs and gone ahead with their duty. Similarly, they didn’t know what to do in case a vehicle caught fire,” said DCP (traffic) Balbir Singh.
Since an extra hand was indeed required for the short staffed traffic police department, the Sadak Suraksha Sevaks were trained on Saturday for confidence building, behavioural development, traffic regulation and first aid. The workshop was organised by the traffic police and National Transportation Planning And Research Centre.
The workshop was conducted on the actual locations where these cops are posted so that the real life situations too can be incorporated in the training.
Date: December 05, 206