Awareness and education key to ensure road safety

An awareness and education session was conducted in joint association with Pune Police  to ensure road safety of Waste Warriors of APCCI.

Around 375 waste warriors from the Adar Poonawalla Clean City Initiative (APCCI) recently took part in workshops on ideal driving practices conducted at the Yerawada Police Station Auditorium and Anna Saheb Magar College Auditorium. Organized by APCCI, the workshop brought together drivers and machine operators from Yerawada, Kalyani Nagar,Manjri and Koregaon Park. Traffic officers and experts including Traffic PSI M Chandrakant Raghvan, Mr. Shaikh, Mr Patil, Crime Branch Inspector Pallavi Meher engaged with the participants, discussing topics such as traffic discipline, legal issues, safe driving practices, precautions when parking, responsibilities of a driver and how to assist or seek help during emergencies or accidents. Prashant Mulay, Principal Anna Saheb Magar College was also present in the workshop at the college auditorium.

Malhar Karwande, COO of APCCI, along with supervisors Nilesh Ramekar, Pawan Badgujar, Sandip Waghmare and Farooq Bangi, were present at the event. The workshop was followed by a productive Q&A session where experts answered all the questions and concerns from the drivers and operators. Overlooking the success of this session, similar workshops will be held for APCCI waste warriors in Manjri, East Pune, and Kothrud in the coming months.

Promoting caution and skillful driving is essential for ensuring safety, reducing congestion, maintaining smooth traffic flow, and preventing accidents. Thus, educating and raising awareness about traffic discipline is crucial in highlighting the importance of safe driving. The workshop was fruitful, the participants hailed the initiative and called for more such initiatives in future .