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Chandigarh 07th October:- Punjab and Haryana High Court Justice Rajan Gupta, released book 'Road Safety Manual – Your Guide to Driving Safe' written by founder of NGO Arrive Safe Harman Singh Sidhu here today at UT Guest House. This Road Safety Manual explains rules of the road in an easy to understand manner. It is illustration intensive so even the poorly educated road users can also easily comprehend it.
The e-book version of manual in English is available while the print edition would be available along with Hindi and Punjabi editions shortly. Their e-books will be available within a fortnight. The Guest of Honour on the occasion was Dinkar Gupta, IPS, Additional Director General of Police, Punjab.
Soon after the release, Harman Singh Sidhu, who had been left paralysed 20 years back, after a road mishap said, India has the dubious distinction of being the road death capital of world with 10 percent of fatal road accidents against just minuscule one percent of world's vehicles' concentration. Speaking about his book Harman said that the manual, an illustration intensive handbook to ensure it is comprehended by vast majority of road users even who are poorly educated. He added that as per the data of National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) in the year 2014, 1.41 lakh people had died in road crashes making it the number one cause of unnatural deaths. He added that 463 deaths and 1320 injuries takes place every day due to road accidents on Indian Roads. As per the World Health Organization (WHO), the road traffic injuries would be biggest killer by 2030.
The Chief Guest, Justice Rajan Gupta said that the book enlightens us with the importance of abiding by traffic rules, adding that with Indian roads becoming dangerous, this book would serve as a ready reckoner for all of us who are driving on these roads. ADGP, Gupta while speaking on the occasion congratulated Sidhu for this valuable work, stressing on the need to abide by road safety rules for the sake of our loved ones.
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