DAKSHA 2019 #Roadsafety #Save nature

JUNE 2-3 Amrita School Of Engineering, Kollam, Kerala. Authored by: Harikrishnan R

Acknowledgments

                    

               I would like to express my special thanks of gratitude to faculties of CIR (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, Kollam, Kerala)as well as our the principal who gave us the opportunity to do this project on the topic “Road safety and plant a tree campaign”, which also helped us to find the major problems facing by the people in our localities and find some solution in that.

I would also like to thank Kerala Police and village officials for their sincere support, without them this project will not happen. And thanks to our family and friends for their support.

About us                   DAKSHA 2019 is a road safety and plant a tree initiative started by six 3rd year Mechanical Engineering students of Amrita School of Engineering Kollam, Kerala intended to spread awareness about road safety(Acts and Rules in MV act 1988) and the importance of nature. THE PROBLEM 17 people die every hour on Indian Roads 4.07 LAKH CRORES costs to India due to road crashes annually 46 children die every day on Indian roads 50% of road crash deaths could have been avoided with rapid assisstance 50 LAKH+ were seriously injured or disabled in the past decade 10 Lakh+ people were killed in road accidents over the past decade

As a result of the survey conducted by the DAKSHA team we came to know that the major problems in our locality are road accidents, increasing heat and water scarcity. We found that the lack of trees is the the major reason for increasing atmospheric temperature and water scarcity. And the major reasons for the increase in road accidents are ; 1 Overspeeding 2 Drunken driving 3 Poor road conditions 4 Non-adherence to basic traffic guidelines and rules Kerala stands 5th in the number of road accidents in India. There’s one death every 4 minutes due to a road accident in India, and Kerala’s average could be anywhere near ‘one every 30 minutes’. Statistics reveal that road accidents are steadily rising in Kerala.

Road accidents in Kottayam District during the year 2011 to 2018 Year No. of accidents Death Total Injuries 2018 2758 279 3205 2017 2725 264 2974 2016 2541 252 3048 2015 2745 271 3104 2014 2529 243 2892 2013 2624 272 3022 2012 2632 243 3042 2011 2476 224 3047

Conditions in Kottayam district.

Our program:

                     As per the data’s got, we decided to conduct a road safety program with the support of Kerala Police on 2 June 2019. On the basis of rules, acts, and regulations mentioned in Motor Vehicle Act, 1988. The program was conducted in Changanassery town between 10 am and 2pm.We spread awareness among the people, passengers through posters and speech.

On the 2^nd day 3^rd June 2019 we had planted tree saplings on the roadsides on Changanassery Kumali road with the permission of village officials and give awareness among the people.

We got good responses from Kerala Police and local authorities.

GROUP MEMBERS;

1 Goutham Venugopal    -ME A

2 Vasudev R                       -ME B

3 V H Aditya                       -ME A

4 Ananda Krishnan G       -ME B

5 Nikhil Reghunath           -ME A

6 Harikrishnan R               -ME B